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Peer reviewedBaltes, Paul B.; Kliegl, Reinhold – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Tested the ability of 19 older adults, given additional training in a mental imagination technique, to approach the performance of 16 younger adults on serial word recall tasks. Results indicated that negative age differences in older adults' performance were substantial, resistant to extensive practice, and applicable to all subjects. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Encoding (Psychology), Foreign Countries
