AGE EFFECTS ON CONCENTRATION DURING INFORMATION PROCESSING

这项工作的主要目的是调查之间的关系， 年龄和专注力。使用实验室研究的任务无关 （一）思想与实践（二）实践： 比年轻人和中年人。一种可能的解释是 结果表明，年龄与集中能力直接相关。 需要实验室调查来证实这种明显的增加 老年人的集中能力。实验型流程 要求受试者重复呈现给一个人的信息 耳（阴影），而忽略另一只耳朵中的同时消息。 通过等效跟踪证明了该算法具有很强的集中能力 性能与和没有同时（和不同）的消息， 另一只耳朵去年有报道称，在控制了 智力、听力损失和单耳阴影的差异 表现为年龄与集中能力呈负相关。与 随着年龄的增长，两耳分听阴影误差增加。的 随着年龄的增长，注意力集中能力的下降尤其明显。 在前两年住院的老年人中， 多年来，他一直在服用处方药。今年，一个更精确的 开始调查健康的调节作用。也开始 是一项调查，在具体来源的明显年龄有关的 注意力不集中，控制注意力的能力下降， 区别输入。

A primary purpose of this work is to investigate the relationship between age and concentrative ability. Using laboratory studies of task-unrelated imagery and thought (TUIT) it was determined that old adults had fewer TUITs than young and middle-aged adults. One possible explanation for this result is that age and concentrative ability are directly related. Laboratory investigations are needed to confirm this apparent increased concentrative ability in the older population. An experimental procedure was developed where subjects are asked to repeat messages presented to one ear (shadowing) while ignoring simultaneous messages in the other ear. High concentrative ability is demonstrated by equivalent shadowing performance with and without simultaneous (and different) messages in the other ear. Last year it was reported that after controlling for differences in intelligence, hearing loss, and monaural shadowing performance that age and concentrative ability are inversely related. With increased age there was an increase in dichotic shadowing errors. The decrease in concentrative ability with increased age was especially prominent in old adults who had been hospitalized within the prior two years and were on prescription medication. This year a more precise investigation was begun into the moderating effect of health. Also begun was an investigation in the specific source of the apparent age-related loss of concentration, reduced ability to control attention or to discriminate among inputs.