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Peer reviewedThomas, John C.; And Others – American Journal of Psychology, 1977
Older people seem to have difficulty learning new materials, perhaps because it takes them longer to retrieve relevant encoding information from memory. To assess the effects of age on speed of retrieval, 60 health males from 25 to 74 were shown pictures of common objects they were name aloud as quickly as possible. (Editor)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Flow Charts, Information Retrieval, Memory
