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ERIC Number: EJ639760
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Changes in Executive Control across the Life Span: Examination of Task-Switching Performance.
Cepeda, Nicholas J.; Kramer, Arthur F.; de Sather, Jessica C. M. Gonzalez
Developmental Psychology, v37 n5 p715-30 Sep 2001
Examined changes from age 7 to 82 years in processes responsible for preparation and interference control underlying alternation between two tasks. Found a U-shaped function for switch costs, with larger costs for young children and older adults. Age-related variance in task-switching performance was partially independent from age-related variance in other cognitive processes such as perceptual speed and working memory. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Information Processing, Older Adults, Performance Factors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Executive Function (Cognition); Perceptual Speed; Task Switching; Working Memory