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“Second, the overall processing speed decreases (Cerella, 1990;Fisk & Warr, 1996;Myerson, Hale, Wagstaff, Poon, & Smith, 1990;Salthouse 1993Salthouse , 1996)), which hinders the simultaneous activation of mutually referring information elements.”
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“cognitive aging brings about several declines of working memory, which impede the acquisition of complex cognitive skills.”
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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
- OpenAlex
- W159428820
- Cited by
- 472
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
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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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