Multitasking performance on NeuroRacer declines linearly across the adult lifespan from ages 20 to 79¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2018: baselines and conditions change

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q3 i3 Multitasking cost (d' percentage change from sign only to sign and drive) increased linearly with age decade across 174 participants aged 20–79. → J. A. Anguera 2013

Evidence¶

J. A. Anguera 2013¶

J. A. Anguera, J. Boccanfuso, J. L. Rintoul, O. Al-Hashimi, F. Faraji, J. Janowich, E. Kong, Y. Larraburo, C. Rolle, E. Johnston & A. Gazzaley. (2013). Video game training enhances cognitive control in older adults. Nature 501. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12486

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Experiment 1: cross-sectional assessment of 174 participants (about 30 per decade, ages 20–79) on a diagnostic NeuroRacer version after adaptive thresholding to ~80% accuracy on each component task. Costs increased linearly by decade (F(1,5) = 135.7, P < 0.00001; individually F(1,173) = 42.8, r = 0.45, P < 0.00001), described as "in a linear fashion".

"Costs across the lifespan (n 5 174) increased (that is, a more negative percentage) in a linear fashion when participants were grouped by decade ( F(1,5) 5 135.7, P , 0.00001) or analysed individually (F(1,173) 5 42.8, r 5 0.45, P , 0.00001"

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