From detail to gist in the wild: Linguistic markers of age-related memory shifts.
Abstract
= 1,000) furthermore indicated that longer word reviews contained fewer internal and more external details. These findings establish average word length as a scalable, theoretically grounded marker of autobiographical abstraction, not merely linguistic style. They replicate laboratory findings in large-scale, naturalistic data and indicate that older adults express more gistlike memory representations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Identity
Memory
and Therapy
Mental Health via Writing
Aging and Gerontology Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Psychology and Aging
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Publication date
- 15 January 2026
- Language
- EN