Abstract: ?he purpose of this study was to compare the age and cross-culturaldifferences of the memory performances, and the training effect of Chineseand Germans across the life span through cognitive training in different his-torical and cultural backgrounds. This study further investigated age andculture-related differences in training transfer on figures. There were 70Chinese and 70 Germans divided into three age groups. The memory trainingof Method of Loci was conducted in Beijing and Berlin. The results indicatedthat the cognitive function of the elderly declined significantly and the deve-lopmental reserve capacity of cognitive function of the elderly were lower thanthat of young adults and adolescents. At pretest, there was no culture-rela-ted difference in all performances between Chinese and Germans. After trai-ning. the performances of the Chinese improved more than that of the Germans.Training exposed cross-cultural differences.

Key words: cross-culture, Method of Loci, reserve capacity, discipline