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| Aging, cognitive resources, and declarative learning | | Author(s) | Kathleen C Kirasic, Gary L Allen, Shannon H Dobson |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 11, no 4, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 658-670 |
| Keywords | Mental speed ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Learning capacity ; Mathematical models ; Cross sectional surveys. |
| Annotation | A battery of cognitive tasks designed to assess information-processing speed, working memory capability, and declarative learning was administered to a cross-sectional sample of 477 adults ranging in age from 17 to 86 years. Results showed significant age-related decrements in all three constructs, and structural equation models were applied. The preferred model on empirical and conceptual grounds was one that showed: working memory capability as the most important mediator of age effects in declarative learning; working memory capability as the mediator for the effects of general processing speed on declarative learning; and differentiation among verbal, numeric, and spatial processing speed, and between verbal and spatial working memory capability. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971120229 A |
| Classmark | DG: DB: DE: 3LM: 3KB |
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