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Peer reviewedKliegl, Reinhold; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Investigated the range and limits of cognitive reserve capacity as a general approach to the understanding of age differences in cognitive functioning. Group differences were magnified by training to such a degree that age distributions barely overlapped at posttests. The testing-the-limits approach promises increased understanding of cognitive…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Structures, Difficulty Level
