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How do verbal distractors influence age-related operation span performance? A manipulation of inhibitory control demands.

Zeintl, M; Kliegel, M (2008). How do verbal distractors influence age-related operation span performance? A manipulation of inhibitory control demands. Experimental Aging Research, 33(2):163-175.

Abstract

This study examined how different verbal distractors influence (age-related) performance in the operation span working memory task. Forty-six older (M = 68 years, SD = 3.82) and 49 younger adults (M = 27 years, SD = 3.02) performed a conventional operation span task version and three versions with non-related, conceptually related, or phonologically related distracting words. Thus, the amount of inhibitory control demands varied across the task versions. Age effects were found for all versions. Furthermore, age effects in the versions with distracting words were even larger than in the conventional version, indicating that a decline in the ability to inhibit irrelevant verbal information can partly explain age effects in working memory performance.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Psychology
Dewey Decimal Classification:150 Psychology
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Aging
Social Sciences & Humanities > Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Social Sciences & Humanities > General Psychology
Health Sciences > Geriatrics and Gerontology
Language:English
Date:8 January 2008
Deposited On:11 Feb 2008 12:29
Last Modified:01 Jun 2025 01:38
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
ISSN:0361-073X
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/03610730701192815
PubMed ID:17364905
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