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Peer reviewedSomberg, Benjamin L.; Salthouse, Timothy A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1982
Two experiments on divided attention and adult aging are reported that take into account age differences in single-task performance and that measure divided attention independently of resource allocation strategies. No significant age difference in divided attention ability independent of single-task performance level was found in either…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
