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Tournier, Isabelle; Mathey, Stephanie; Postal, Virginie – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between routinization of daily life activities and cognitive resources during aging. Routinization could increase excessively during aging and become maladaptative in reducing individual resources. Fifty-two young participants (M = 20.8 years) and 62 older participants (M = 66.9 years)…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Cognitive Ability
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Hertzog, Christopher; McGuire, Christy L.; Horhota, Michelle; Jopp, Daniela – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
After an oral free recall task, participants were interviewed about their memory. Despite reporting similar levels of perceived personal control over memory, older and young adults differed in the means in which they believed memory could be controlled. Older adults cited health and wellness practices and exercising memory, consistent with a "use…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Age Differences, Metacognition, Recall (Psychology)
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Pereiro Rozas, Arturo X.; Juncos-Rabadan, Onesimo; Gonzalez, Maria Soledad Rodriguez – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
Processing speed, inhibitory control and working memory have been identified as the main possible culprits of age-related cognitive decline. This article describes a study of their interrelationships and dependence on age, including exploration of whether any of them mediates between age and the others. We carried out a LISREL analysis of the…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Memory, Older Adults, Statistical Analysis