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| Aging and individual differences in the development of skilled memory search performance | | Author(s) | Christopher Hertzog, Brian P Cooper, Arthur D Fisk |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 11, no 3, September 1996 |
| Pages | pp 497-520 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Mental speed ; Young adults [20-25] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Mathematical models ; Statistical relations. |
| Annotation | The authors examined individual differences of multiple intellectual activities and performance of older and younger adults on a pure memory search task over 5 experimental sessions. Participants showed expected patterns of substantial improvement. Initial (unskilled) memory search was highly correlated with a Semantic Memory Access Speed factor and moderately correlated with General Intelligence. Structural equation models showed that measures of Semantic Memory Access remained a strong predictor of skilled search performance in both age groups, despite individual differences in memory search performance changes. Results indicate qualitative differences in the nature of automaticity between memory search and visual search, and suggest age invariance in the mechanisms determining automaticity in memory search. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971120215 A |
| Classmark | DB: DG: SD6: BB: 3LM: 3YH |
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