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Working Memory Training and Transfer in Older Adults: Effects of Age, Baseline Performance, and Training Gains
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Zinke, Katharina; Zeintl, Melanie; Rose, Nathan S.; Putzmann, Julia; Pydde, Andrea; Kliegel, Matthias – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Recent studies suggest that working memory training may benefit older adults; however, findings regarding training and transfer effects are mixed. The current study aimed to investigate the effects of a process-based training intervention in a diverse sample of older adults and explored possible moderators of training and transfer effects. For…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Older Adults, Transfer of Training, Executive Function
Sub-Cultural Differences on Selected Cognitive Tasks.
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Molloy, G. N. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
This study investigated some relationships between age, socioeconomic status (SES), and cognitive task performance among 120 Canadian children from Grades 1 and 4. Subjects were administered a battery of tasks, including Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, which differed in transformational requirements and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Tests, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education
Transitions in the Reasoning of Pre- and Early Adolescents: A New Method of Assessment.
Hubbs-Tait, Laura – 1986
A task was developed to differentiate the reasoning of elementary school students in fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. Subjects completed 16 matrices containing two, three, or four dimensions and varying in the embeddedness of the dimensions. They also solved a formal operational task assessing ability to isolate, exclude, and include variables.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education