Memory and cognitive abilities in university professors: evidence for successful aging

Article Abstract:

An analysis of the cognitive and memory performance of professors emphasizes the various factors related to aging. Slowing seems to be a powerful, and possibly the most effective, indicator of age and its related biological factors. Two probabilities in terms of the biological basis beneath aging and cognitive function emerge from the study. One is that mental activity decreases some of the changes that usually happen due to aging. The other probability is that age-related changes affect everyone including professors.

Health aspects, Physiological aspects, College teachers, College faculty, Cognition in old age, Old age cognition

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Habitual prospective memory and aging: remembering intentions and forgetting actions

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A paradigm to investigate the processes involved in routine or habitual prospective memory tasks was developed and used to investigate the performance of these tasks by young and elderly subjects. Omission and repetition errors in the performance of these tasks were related to divided attention and age indicating that failure in habitual tasks such as taking medications is related to memory defects. Elderly individuals are particularly susceptible in making mistakes concerning habitual tasks.

Aged, Elderly, Memory in old age, Old age memory

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Processing speed, working memory, and fluid intelligence: evidence for a developmental cascade

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Developmental changes and individual differences in processing speed and working memory significantly influence age-related increase in fluid intelligence. A path-analytical study shows that age-related changes increase processing speed and consequently lead to increased working memory. Individual difference is a determinant in producing changes in fluid intelligence through its direct effect on working memory potential.

Short-term memory, Intelligence (Psychology), Individual differences, Individual differences (Psychology), Intellect

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