Aging and the development of automaticity in visual search
| dc.contributor.author | Madden, DJ | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nebes, RD | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-04T14:24:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-04T14:24:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980-09-01 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-04-04T14:24:39Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The rate of short-term memory search has previously been reported to be slower for older individuals than for college-age Ss (F. I. Craik, 1977). Current research has suggested that after extensive practice with the same population of stimuli, performance in memory-search and visual-search tasks can become "automatic," or independent of memory load. The present experiment examined age differences in the development of automatic processing in a hybrid memory-search/visual-search paradigm; 8 young (18-25 yrs old) and 8 older (61-74 yrs old) Ss participated. Although older Ss demonstrated a significantly slower rate of search, the 2 age groups shifted toward automatic processing, over practice, at equivalent rates. The slower rate of search thus represents an age-related increase in the time required to compare the memory-set items against those in a visual array, rather than a change in the mode of processing available. (20 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1980 American Psychological Association. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0012-1649 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Developmental Psychology | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1037/0012-1649.16.5.377 | |
| dc.subject | Social Sciences | |
| dc.subject | Psychology, Developmental | |
| dc.subject | Psychology | |
| dc.title | Aging and the development of automaticity in visual search | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| duke.contributor.orcid | Madden, DJ|0000-0003-2815-6552 | |
| pubs.begin-page | 377 | |
| pubs.end-page | 384 | |
| pubs.issue | 5 | |
| pubs.organisational-group | School of Medicine | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Psychology and Neuroscience | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Geriatric Behavioral Health | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Center for Cognitive Neuroscience | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | University Institutes and Centers | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Provost's Academic Units | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Clinical Science Departments | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published | |
| pubs.volume | 16 |
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