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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