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Carriedo, Nuria; Corral, Antonio; Montoro, Pedro R.; Herrero, Laura; Rucián, Mercedes – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Updating information in working memory (WM) is a critical executive function responsible both for continuously replacing outdated information with new relevant data and to suppress or inhibit content that is no longer relevant according to task demands. The goal of the present research is twofold: First, we aimed to study updating development in…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Children, Adolescents, Young Adults
Overton, Willis F.; And Others – 1986
Research on logical competence in adulthood was framed by the general competence-moderator-performance model of life span cognitive development constructed by Overton and his colleagues. This approach was able to distinguish between logical knowledge necessary for task solution and informational processes that may facilitate or inhibit the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults, Cognitive Development
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Witt, Sandra J.; Cunningham, Walter R. – Journal of Gerontology, 1979
The results of this study highlight the cognitive intellectual aspect of the speed of behavior. These findings supplement Hunt's studies of the relationships between speed of cognitive processing and performance of young adults on conventional tests, and emphasize the importance of cognitive speed for subsequent intellectual development. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, Conceptual Tempo
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Fingerman, Karen L.; Perlmutter, Marion – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1994
Examined age differences in self-ratings of present and projected past and future cognitive performance across cognitive domains. Findings from 151 adults in their 20s, 40s, 60s, and 80s revealed that performance on fluid/speeded intelligence, memory, and reasoning tasks followed progression of poorer performance with age. Found age differences in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development