Long-term retention of skilled visual search: do young adults retain more than old adults?
Young and old Ss received extensive consistent-mapping visual search practice (3,000 trials). The Ss returned to the laboratory following a 16-month retention interval. Retention of skilled visual search was assessed using the trained stimuli (assessment of retention of stimulus-specific learning) and using new stimuli (assessment of retention of task-specific learning). All Ss, regardless of age group, demonstrated impressive retention. However, age-related retention differences favoring the young were observed when retention of stimulus-specific learning was assessed. No age-related retention differences were observed when task-specific learning was assessed. The data suggest that age-related retention capabilities depend on the type of learning assessed.
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School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332-0170.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004538:Eidetic Imagery / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*