Aging and inhibitory control in text comprehension
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Old adults show less inhibitory control in the presence of distractors in a text comprehension task. Examination of subjects, aged between 64 and 86 years, shows greater inclination towards vocalization of the italicized words and text comprehension errors, involving to-be-ignored information as compared to younger adults. These age-related differences may be due to lower attentional control in older adults. A source monitoring paradigm for reading comprehension is discussed.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1996
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Emotion and aging: experience, expression and control
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A study was conducted to examine age differences in emotional experience, expression and control to prove the theory which suggests that people became less emotional as they age. Results indicate a consistent pattern of age differences. Older respondents reported fewer negative emotional experiences and greater emotional control as compared with younger respondents. Findings concerning emotional expressivity were less consistent.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1997
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Overcoming feelings of powerlessness in "aging" researchers: a primer on statistical power in analysis of variance designs
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A methodology for more effectively analyzing psychology of aging researches is presented. Considered in the methodology are the four basic elements of statistical hypothesis testing, namely, Type 1 error, Type II error, effect size and sample size. As for effect size, two measures are included, namely, standardized mean differences and variation proportion caused by interest variation.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1997
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