Age-linked declines in retrieving orthographic knowledge: empirical, practical, and theoretical implications

Article Abstract:

The Transmission Deficit hypothesis was developed and tested to determine the effect of aging on the retrieval of orthographic knowledge. Young, older and very old adults were asked to write down each of the words which they earlier listened to over the tape recorder. The experiment found misspellings to be correlational with aging, particularly for high-frequency words. As predicted by the Transmission Deficit hypothesis, a decline in the retrieval of orthographic knowledge can be noted as age increases, which resembles age-related declines in spoken word retrieval.

Aging, Demographic aspects, Spelling

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More or less "me" in past, present, and future: perceived lifetime personality during adulthood

Article Abstract:

A survey of 398 individuals ranging in age from 26-64 was conducted to find out whether self-perception included opinions about their past and future. Results indicated that participants perceived themselves according to three ideals, namely, exploratory stage during early adulthood, productivity during middle adulthood and complacency during the later adult stage. Older adults were slightly less idealistic than younger ones.

Research, Adults, Self-perception, Self perception

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