Age differences in dual-task performance after practice
- This study investigated whether older adults could acquire the ability to perform 2 cognitive operations in parallel in a paradigm in which young adults had been shown to be able to do so (K. Oberauer & R. Kliegl, 2004). Twelve young and 12 older adults practiced a numerical and a visuospatial continuous memory updating task in single-task and dual-task conditions for 16 to 24 sessions. After practice, 9 young adults were able to process the 2 tasks without dual- task costs, but none of the older adults had reached the criterion of parallel processing. The results suggest a qualitative difference between young and older adults in how they approach dual-task situations.
| Author details: | Katrin Göthe, Klaus OberauerORCiDGND, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND |
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| URL: | http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=pag |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.22.3.596 |
| ISSN: | 0882-7974 |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2008 |
| Publication year: | 2008 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/25 |
| Source: | Psychology and aging. - ISSN 0882-7974. - 22 (2007), 3, S. 596 - 606 |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
