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Albinet, Cedric T.; Boucard, Geoffroy; Bouquet, Cedric; Audiffren, Michel – Brain and Cognition, 2012
The processing-speedtheory and the prefrontal-executivetheory are competing theories of cognitive aging. Here we used a theoretically and methodologically-driven framework to investigate the relationships among measures classically used to assess these two theoretical constructs. Twenty-eight young adults (18-32 years) and 39 healthy older adults…
Descriptors: Age, Reaction Time, Young Adults, Older Adults
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Reynolds, Gemma; Reed, Phil – Learning and Motivation, 2011
Stimulus over-selectivity refers to behavior being controlled by one element of the environment at the expense of other equally salient aspects of the environment. This is a common problem for many individuals, including those with autism spectrum disorders, and learning difficulties, and presents a considerable problem for information processing…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Cues, Autism, Discrimination Learning