ABSTRACT
Even before the effects of nonpathological aging became a cause célèbre for granting agencies, there were a few lonely (and unfunded) souls who pioneered the use of empirical approaches to understanding the effects of aging on cognition in general and on memory in particular. Very early work by our fêted honoree included analyses of word retrieval and aging (Craik & Masani, 1969), language and aging (Craik & Masani, 1967), dichotic listening and aging (Craik, 1965), recall of Finnish digits and aging, and even personality and aging (Craik, 1964). So, lest the uninformed reader suggest that the many references to and citations of Craik in the chapters that follow be nothing more than an overt attempt to curry his favor on the occasion of his Festschrift, I submit to you that this is nothing more than a half-truth.
