Sequential and coordinative complexity : age-based processing limitations in figural transformations
- Dimensions of cognitive complexity in figural transformations were examined in the context of adult age differences. Sequential complexity was manipulated through figural transformations of single objects in a multiple-object array. Coordinative complexity was induced through spatial or nonspatial transformations of the entire array. Results confirmed the prediction that age-related slowing is larger in coordinative complexity than in sequential complexity conditions. The effect was stable across 8 sessions (Experiment 1), was obtained when age groups were equated in accuracy with criterion-referenced testing (Experiment 2), and was corroborated by age-differential probabilities of error types (Experiments 1 and 2). A model is proposed attributing age effects under coordinative complexity to 2 factors: (a) basic-level slowing and (b) time-consuming reiterations through the processing sequence due to age-related working memory failures.
Author details: | Ulrich Mayr, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-40416 |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (paper 163) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 1993 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2010/01/05 |
Source: | Journal of Experimental Psychology 19 (1993) 6, S. 1297-1320, ISSN 1939-1285, DOI 10.1037/0278-7393.19.6.1297 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | The original publication is within the university network available at web.ebscohost.com: Journal of Experimental Psychology. - 19 (1993) Issue 6, p. 1297-1320 ISSN 1939-1285 DOI 10.1037/0278-7393.19.6.1297 |