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Peer reviewedMungas, Dan; And Others – Canadian Journal on Aging, 1991
Three age groups of 24 people each completed verbal word list tasks and spatial learning tasks 5 times each. Significant age differences were found for total recall and type of task. Younger subjects showed increased levels of clustering--organizing information according to semantic or spatial clusters. Age was not related to temporal order of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Processes, Older Adults
