Age-related decline in span is associated only with the access function of inhibition, and only among skilled readers¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr2·q3
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q3 i? CNF intrusions were more frequent among participants older than 29, consistent with access-function decline, but this age relation was restricted to skilled readers. → Chiappe 2000
Evidence¶
Chiappe 2000¶
Chiappe, P., Hasher, L., & Siegel, L. S. (2000). Working memory, inhibitory control, and reading disability. Memory & Cognition, 28(1), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03211570
q3 · i? · associational · r2
General discussion of the blocked-format error analyses. The article reports the CNF-age relation was restricted to skilled readers; among disabled readers CNF errors were unrelated to age, and P and E intrusions showed no age-related decline.
"The greater frequency of CNF intrusions among participants older than 29 suggests that the older adults experienced greater difficulties in preventing goal-irrelevant information from entering working memory."
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Related Claims¶
- Disabled readers produce more current nonfinal and extraneous intrusions, implicating access and restraint failures — related
- Blocked-format span declines after age 20 but mixed-format span does not, implicating proactive interference in aging declines — related
- Disabled readers show working memory deficits at every age on the blocked listening span task — related
- Omission (no response) errors vary with age but not with reading skill — related
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access-function-only-link-to-aging-skilled-readers |
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Age-related decline in span is associated only with the access function of inhibition, and only among skilled readers |
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Age-related decline in span is associated only with the access function of inhibition, and only among skilled readers |
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2000 |
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