A meta-analysis was conducted on 91 studies to derive a correlation matrix for adult age,
speed of processing, primary–working memory, episodic memory, reasoning, and spatial …

Many studies have been conducted to test the potentially beneficial effects of physical
activity on cognition. The results of meta-analytic reviews of this literature suggest that there …

Critical requirements for the hypothesis that executive functioning is a potential mediator of
age-related effects on cognitive functioning are that variables assumed to reflect executive …

Age differences in three basic types of variability were examined: variability between
persons (diversity), variability within persons across tasks (dispersion), and variability within …

Intra-individual variability reflects a transient, within-person change in behavioral
performance. It is a common component of aging-related cognitive decline and the …

Human Performance provides the student and researcher with a comprehensive and
accessible review of performance, in the real world and essential cognitive science theory …

Increased intraindividual variability (IIV), reflecting within-person fluctuations in behavioral
performance, is commonly observed in aging as well as in select disorders including …

Abstract [The effects of normal aging are discussed with reference to sensory, short-term,
long-term, episodic, semantic, and implicit memory.] Beginning with discussions of classical …

Past research has demonstrated an age-related increase in the Stroop effect. Some theorists
have suggested that this increase results from a decline in the ability to inhibit word …

Possible Consequences for Psychological Page 1 Annu Rev. Psychol. 1995. 46:329-53
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