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Peer reviewedSalthouse, Timothy A. – Intelligence, 1987
Three experiments investigated the possibility that adult age differences on block design tasks originate because of reduced efficiency with increased age in the cognitive processes associated with block manipulation. Older adults were substantially slower and less efficient than younger adults in performing tasks with minimized design…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
