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USING A MODIFIED LAG TASK TO MEASURE ADULT AGE DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY.

Four groups of adults, ages 40 to 70+ years, took the Modified Lag Task which requires that participants remember lists of words and subsequently recall the first, second, or third word from the end of the list. Previously, the task showed convergent validity with the operation span (a complex span...

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Published in:Psychological Reports Vol. 110; no. 3; pp. 709 - 719
Main Authors: REMICK, OLGA, ROSS, DAVID, METZGER, RICHARD, BENTON, TONYA, SHELTON, JILL
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Jun2012
Subjects:
Task performance
Cognitive analysis
Psychology of adults
Psychology
Short-term memory
Task analysis
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          REMICK, OLGA
          ROSS, DAVID
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          SHELTON, JILL
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        Task performance
        Cognitive analysis
        Psychology of adults
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        Short-term memory
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      ab: Four groups of adults, ages 40 to 70+ years, took the Modified Lag Task which requires that participants remember lists of words and subsequently recall the first, second, or third word from the end of the list. Previously, the task showed convergent validity with the operation span (a complex span measure) and a divergent validity with the digit span (a simple span measure). To establish predictive validity, the present study was designed to assess if this task could separate four age groups in working memory performance. The present study found support for the validity of the Modified Lag Task; however, additional research is warranted to further develop the construct validity of this task.
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