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Aging and Information-Processing Rate

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“…view, the RTs on a task varies with task difficultly (TD) in a multiplicative fashion, that is, SI RT(Ci) RT(Cn).= − (1) RT[AGE,TD] TD*f(AGE)= , (2) where f(AGE) is the generalized slowing function that characterizes the effects of age on all tasks (Cerella & Hale, 1994; see also, Cerella, 1990).”
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“Although these ratios may rule out a simple general slowing account, the reader should keep in mind that more sophisticated models of general slowing may accommodate even these findings (Cerella, 1990; Verhaeghen & De Meersman, 1998).”
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“The significantly less accurate performance on the TOL-R by the older adults above age 60 years presumably is not due to slower speed of information processing or motor reaction time typical of older adults ( Cerella, 1990 ).”
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“D o w n l o a d e d B y : [ W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y i n S t L o u i s ] A t : 2 3 : 1 6 1 1 M a y 2 0 1 0 Reports of age-related declines in processing speed are ubiquitous in the literature (Birren, 1965; Cerella, 1990; Cerella, Poon, & Williams, 1980; Salthouse, 1985).”
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“…or cognitive-motor function (Salthouse, 1992; Welford, 1977), tests for reaction time (Denney, 1982), and nerve conduction speed (Botwinick, 1978; Cerella, 1990), and for a variety of physiological capacities (Eskura, Donato, Moreau, Seals, & Tanaka, 2002; Hagberg et al., 1985; Hawkins, Marcell,…”
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“E-mail: pverhaeg@psych.syr.edu D ow nl oa de d by [ G eo rg ia T ec h L ib ra ry ] at 0 9: 20 2 8 A ug us t 2 01 3 AGING, FOCUS SWITCHING, TASK SWITCHING 23 cognition (e.g., Cerella, 1990; Hasher & Zacks, 1988; Li et al., 2000; Salthouse, 1996).”
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Authors: Cerella, J.
Affiliations: United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
Corresponding author: Cerella, John
Venue: Handbook of the Psychology of Aging
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1990
Pages: 201-221
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-101280-9.50018-8
OpenAlex: W159428820
Cited by: 472
References: 24
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FWCI: 20.16
Type: book chapter
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Elsevier eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords: aging, processing speed, cognitive aging, cognitive decline

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