Age Differences in Overlapping-Task Performance: Evidence for Efficient Parallel Processing in Older Adults.

Two psychological refractory period (PRP) experiments were conducted to examine overlapping processing in younger and older adults. A shape discrimination task (triangle or rectangle) for Task 1 (T1) and a lexical-decision task (word or nonword) for Task 2 (T2) were used. PRP effects, response time...

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Published in:	Psychology & Aging Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 505 - 520
Main Authors:	Allen, Philip A., Lien, Mei-ching, Murphy, Martin D.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association September 2002
Subjects:	Human information processing Stimulus & response (Biology) Cognitive interference Geriatric psychology
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