Age Differences in Performance on Two Information-Processing Tasks: Strategy Selection and Processing Efficiency.

Cohen, Gillian; Faulkner, Dorothy

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Publication Date: 1983

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Age Differences in Performance on Two Information-Processing Tasks: Strategy Selection and Processing Efficiency.

Cohen, Gillian; Faulkner, Dorothy

Journal of Gerontology, v38 n4 p447-54 Jul 1983

Compared 12 old and 12 young adults in two information-processing tasks (a rotated figures task and a sentence verification task). The age difference was minimized when older adults adopted strategies that reduced processing. They were more disadvantaged when employing strategies that imposed greater processing demands or memory load. (JAC)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Performance Factors, Young Adults

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