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Age and planning tasks
— the influence of ecological validity | | Author(s) | Louise H Phillips, Matthias Kliegel, Mike Martin |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 62, no 2, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 175-184 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Performance ; Young adults [20-25] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Comparison. |
| Annotation | Planning ability is important in many everyday tasks, such as cooking and shopping. Previous studies have investigated ageing effects on planning, looking at either widely used laboratory-based neuropsychological tasks such as the Tower of London (TOL), or more naturalistic planning tasks such as organising shopping errands. In this study, the authors compare the effects of normal adult ageing on both the TOL and a more ecologically valid planning task, the Plan-a-Day (PAD) task. Participants were 39 young people (mean age 34.8) and 39 older people (mean age 69.5). There was a reliable decline in TOL planning, performance with age, but no significant correlation between age and PAD planning performance. Age-related variance was partly explained by variance in information processing speed and education. It is proposed that in more ecologically valid planning tasks, age changes in processing speed can be compensated for by task-related knowledge. Implications for everyday planning performance by older people are considered. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060425205 A |
| Classmark | DA: 5H: SD6: BB: 48 |
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