Frequency-of-occurrence memory over the adult lifespan.
As part of a large scale normative study involving a number of cognitive tasks, 233 subjects, all noncollege students ranging in age from 20 to 79 years, performed two frequency judgment tasks. A modest, but statistically significant, age-related deficit was found, with the decrement in proficiency being largest from middle to late adulthood.
Kausler
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Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia 65211.
Salthouse
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Saults
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged