Aging and inhibitory control in text comprehension

Article Abstract:

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.

Usage, Psychological tests, Ability, Influence of age on, Human information processing

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Emotion and aging: experience, expression and control

Article Abstract:

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.

Psychological aspects, Emotional maturity, Emotions, Control (Psychology)

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Overcoming feelings of powerlessness in "aging" researchers: a primer on statistical power in analysis of variance designs

Article Abstract:

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.

Methods, Statistical hypothesis testing

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