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| Adult age differences in task switching | | Author(s) | Jutta Kray, Ulman Lindenberger |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 15, no 1, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 126-147 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Mental speed ; Age groups [elderly] ; Germany. |
| Annotation | The main aims of the study were to explore age differences in two cognitive control abilities as a function of stimulus type, extensive practice and the amount of time between task switching; and to determine how age differences in cognitive control functioning are related to age differences in intellectual functioning. 121 adults (age range 20-80) participated, with 17 cognitive tests being used to measure six specific intellectual abilities (reasoning, perceptual speed, knowledge, primary memory, working memory, and inhibition) over eight sessions. The main finding is that ability to effectively maintain and co-ordinate two task sets during task switching is disproportionately impaired with advancing age. Why this so remains unclear, given that older adults seemingly had no difficulty in reconfiguring their cognitive systems from one moment to the next. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000613412 A |
| Classmark | DA: DG: BB: 767 |
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