Current study
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To address some of these issues in the current study, we experimentally manipulated knowledge by recruiting older adults who were novices in two activities (Tai chi and gyoza making). We then randomly assigned them to workshops designed to increase their knowledge in one activity. Their event segmentation ability and memory performance––measured through an expertise survey, free recall response, recognition memory task, and order memory task––were assessed before and after the workshops. By doing so, we have pre- and post-test assessments in which participants serve as their own control group (trained vs. untrained activity), and we can evaluate both within and between group differences. Further, the intervention consisted of two one-hour workshops. While this “dosage” is not as high as Blasing