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Adult age differences in attentional allocation during memory search.

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Madden, DJ; Pierce, TW; Allen, PA
Published in: Psychol Aging
December 1992

Young and older adults performed a memory search task in which, before probe onset, a cue indicated which of 4 memory-set items the probe was most likely to be. The results were consistent with an attentional allocation model in which performance represents a weighted combination, across trials, of focused (i.e., selective) versus distributed attention. The model significantly underestimated the reaction time required by miscued trials, probably because of the response inhibition occurring on these trials. The degree to which Ss relied on focused attention was significantly greater for older adults than for young adults. The estimated time required to shift attention between memory-set items was equivalent for the 2 age groups.

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Psychol Aging

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0882-7974

Publication Date

December 1992

Volume

7

Issue

4

Start / End Page

594 / 601

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Reference Values
  • Reaction Time
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Recall
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
 

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Madden, D. J., Pierce, T. W., & Allen, P. A. (1992). Adult age differences in attentional allocation during memory search. Psychol Aging, 7(4), 594–601. https://doi.org/10.1037//0882-7974.7.4.594
Madden, D. J., T. W. Pierce, and P. A. Allen. “Adult age differences in attentional allocation during memory search.Psychol Aging 7, no. 4 (December 1992): 594–601. https://doi.org/10.1037//0882-7974.7.4.594.
Madden DJ, Pierce TW, Allen PA. Adult age differences in attentional allocation during memory search. Psychol Aging. 1992 Dec;7(4):594–601.
Madden, D. J., et al. “Adult age differences in attentional allocation during memory search.Psychol Aging, vol. 7, no. 4, Dec. 1992, pp. 594–601. Pubmed, doi:10.1037//0882-7974.7.4.594.
Madden DJ, Pierce TW, Allen PA. Adult age differences in attentional allocation during memory search. Psychol Aging. 1992 Dec;7(4):594–601.

Published In

Psychol Aging

DOI

ISSN

0882-7974

Publication Date

December 1992

Volume

7

Issue

4

Start / End Page

594 / 601

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Reference Values
  • Reaction Time
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Recall
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology