关键词: 来源记忆, 项目记忆, 年老化, 前额皮层, 编码

Abstract: Source memory was more affected by aging than item memory. The reason for this phenomenon comprised physiological and psychological aspects. The deterioration of prefrontal cortex function was the physiological factor that influenced older people’s source memory, and the difficulty of attentive allocation and the difficulty of memory procession were the psychological factors that influenced older people’s source memory.

Key words: source memory, item memory, aging, prefrontal cortex, encoding