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Download full textPanek, Paul E.; Rush, Michael C. – 1985
Older adults are significantly slower than young adults in the naming response in the Stroop Color Word Interference Test. Hypotheses attempting to explain this age-related difference in a perceptual-cognitive task have included orthogenic principle, response-competition, and cautiousness. This study examines whether there are any significant…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Older Adults
