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| Inhibition in attention and aging | | Author(s) | Joan M McDowd |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 6, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp P265-P273 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Mental ageing ; Ageing process ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The literature on inhibition and ageing has grown steadily in the wake of Hasher and Zacks' inhibitory theory of cognitive ageing (Working memory, comprehension and aging: a review and a new view; in: Bower, "The psychology of learning and motivation", Academic Press, 1988). Not all of the findings support the notion of an age-related inhibitory decline, and some refinement of the theory is now required. This article aims: to evaluate the role of inhibitory mechanisms in selective attention and ageing; to provide an evaluation of inhibition as a theoretical concept in theories of cognitive ageing, with a specific focus on attention and ageing; and to consider the more general problem of evaluating progress in theory development. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980121408 A |
| Classmark | DA: DB: D6: BG: 64A |
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