Accounting for cognitive aging: Context processing, inhibition or processing speed?
Accounting for cognitive aging: Context processing, inhibition or processing speed?
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DOI：
10.1080/13825580600680703
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发表时间：
2006-09-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Braver, Todd S.
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作者：
Rush, Beth K.;Barch, Deanna M.;Braver, Todd S.
Age-related deficits in context processing were examined in relationship to two predominant theories of cognitive aging (the Inhibitory Deficit and Processing Speed Models). Older and younger adults completed a measure of context processing (AX Continuous Performance Test (CPT) task) as well as a computerized battery of inhibitory tasks: Stroop, garden path sentences, go no-go, and the stop-signal paradigm. Participants also completed a simple processing speed task. After controlling for baseline differences in processing speed, age effects were detected on the AX-CPT. Smaller, but significant age effects were noted on the Stroop and stop-signal tasks, but no significant age effects were found on the garden path sentence and go no-go tasks. Intertask correlations were weak, providing little evidence for a homogenous or uniform construct of inhibition. The sensitivity of the AX-CPT to cognitive aging is discussed in the context of existing theories of cognitive aging. The authors suggest that deficits in context processing and utilization may underlie cognitive aging phenomena.
