摘要
记忆是一种复杂的心理活动,它受多种因素的影响。国内外已有很多研究表明,成人记忆随年龄增长而逐步减退。睡眠对于记忆有重要作用,也有大量资料报告了剥夺睡眠对记忆的有害影响;睡眠与记忆的关系也反映在记忆的日节律变化方面,有不少研究表明正常人的短时记忆在早晨和上午较下午和晚上要好。
A comparative study was made ofthe short-term memory in the morningand in the evening in seventy subjectsaged from twenty to eighty.The Pur-pose of the study was to explore thecombined effect of the two factors,i.e.age and test time,on short-termmemory.The Clinical Memory Scalewas made use of in the study.Theresults showed:1.the short-term me-mory of each age-group tended to bebetter in the morning than in the even-ing,and 2.each age-group had its owncharacteristics of memory errors.