Radvansky, G.A. (1999). Aging, Memory, and Comprehension. Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 8, No. 2, 49­53. 1 Tito Carlos 404044140 October 18, 2013 Research Article Annotation: Aging & The Situational Model In Gabriel Radvansky’s article, Aging, Memory, and Comprehension, he addresses the changes in the ability of adults to recollect and comprehend as they age. In this study, comprehension and memory are the two key variables studied. These variables were assessed in three levels: 1. The Surface level: the actual words that are used during dialogue. 2. The Intermediate level­­Propositional Abstraction: different forms of dialogue, such as passive and aggressive versions of a sentence, but have the same meaning. 3. The Highest level­­the Situational Model: incorporates information from the previous levels and is guided by the understanding of why events occur. This research is guided by the common societal thought that older adults perform poorly, in terms of comprehension and memory, than younger adults. This study is not experimental because the author uses findings from other research to support his argument and does not perform his own experiments but instead theorizes an idea through the work of others. There are no subjects but Radvansky distinguishes, “younger adults” from “older adults.” However, he does not specify the age ranges of these categories. Before reading this article, I had the mentality that adults remember less as they age. This article portrays another perspective that as age increases, wisdom is also accumulated. In this study, wisdom is the ability to perform comprehension and memory at the highest level, which is the situational model. Because of the author’s utilization of findings and data from other researchers, he has convinced me that more work in this field is still needed and that although older adults cannot