Can practice overcome age-related differences in the psychological refractory period effect?

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted with help of younger and older individuals practicing seven blocks of a Psychological refractory period (PRP) to investigate whether dual-task practice can remove age related differences in the PRP effect. The results show that practice did not reduce, but rather increased, age-related differences in PRP interference.

Psychological research

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The effects of emotional content on reality-monitoring performance in young and older adults

Article Abstract:

A study was undertaken to find out if young and older adults would recall better if they had imagined or perceived things with emotional meaning compared with those that lacked emotional meaning. It was observed that older adults showed a broader memory advantage extending to positive and negative information and compared to young adults.

Comparative analysis, Recollection (Psychology), Recall (Memory)

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Success and failure at dual-task coordination by younger and older adults

Article Abstract:

Younger and older adults were tested to investigate how each group fared in dual-task processing and also to explore the possibility of parallel processing.

Conditioned response, Conditioned responses, Stimuli (Psychology)

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