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Dang, Cai-Ping; Braeken, Johan; Ferrer, Emilio; Liu, Chang – Intelligence, 2012
This study explored the controversy surrounding working memory: whether it is a unitary system providing general purpose resources or a more differentiated system with domain-specific sub-components. A total of 348 participants completed a set of 6 working memory tasks that systematically varied in storage target contents and type of information…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intelligence, Structural Equation Models, Short Term Memory
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Albinet, Cedric T.; Boucard, Geoffroy; Bouquet, Cedric; Audiffren, Michel – Brain and Cognition, 2012
The processing-speedtheory and the prefrontal-executivetheory are competing theories of cognitive aging. Here we used a theoretically and methodologically-driven framework to investigate the relationships among measures classically used to assess these two theoretical constructs. Twenty-eight young adults (18-32 years) and 39 healthy older adults…
Descriptors: Age, Reaction Time, Young Adults, Older Adults
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Lueger, Robert J.; Petzel, Thomas P. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Undergraduate judges were assigned to groups that differed in information-processing loads. Correct observations decreased and reports of illusory correlation increased as the information-processing load increased. (Author)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Correlation, Difficulty Level, Information Processing