The Information-Loss Model: A Mathematical Theory of Age-Related Cognitive Slowing.

Myerson, Joel; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Information-Loss Model: A Mathematical Theory of Age-Related Cognitive Slowing.

Myerson, Joel; And Others

Psychological Review, v97 n4 p475-87 Oct 1990

A model of cognitive slowing is proposed that correctly predicts a positively accelerated reaction between latencies of older and younger adults and provides a unified account of the effects of task complexity, practice, speed-accuracy tradeoffs, and fluctuations in individual performance. (SLD)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Individual Differences, Mathematical Models, Older Adults, Performance, Young Adults

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Language: English

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