Conceptual but not perceptual encoding leads to age differences in priming

= 76.29 years) was conducted in the laboratory. In all experiments, there was an age difference in perceptual identification priming favouring young adults when encoding was conceptual, but no age difference following perceptual encoding. There was no priming on the category verification task. Priming effects in Experiment 1 were mirrored in the recognition data-recognition was greater in young than older adults following conceptual encoding. There was a reliable age difference in recognition in Experiment 2B, but not Experiment 2A, and no interaction with processing. Findings suggests that age differences in priming emerge as a function of the way stimuli are processed during encoding.