The focus of this study was on developmental reserve capacity in old age as revealed by testing-thelimits. We examined (a) the time course of training-related magnification of age differences in serial word recall and (b) predictability of training gains by pretest individual differences in cognitive abilities. In 20 sessions, young (n = 18) and old (n = 19) adults were taught to recall lists of 30 words using the Method of Loci. Age differences were magnified early in practice at long presentation times (20 s and 15 s per word) and later at 5 s per word. Regression of posttraining scores on various pretraining abilities revealed significant effects of digit symbol substitution. Also, consistent with the assumption of age-related decline in developmental reserve capacity, the unique variance in serial word recall associated with age group became more salient as the training unfolded.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:4033 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Kliegl, Reinhold, Smith, Jacqui, Baltes, Paul B. |
| Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Psychologie |
| Source Sets | Potsdam University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Postprint |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Developmental Psychology, 26 (1990) 6, S. 894-904, ISSN 1939-0599, DOI 10.1037/0012-1649.26.6.894 |
| Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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