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Van Impe, A.; Coxon, J. P.; Goble, D. J.; Wenderoth, N.; Swinnen, S. P. – Neuropsychologia, 2011
Depending on task combination, dual-tasking can either be performed successfully or can lead to performance decrements in one or both tasks. Interference is believed to be caused by limitations in central processing, i.e. structural interference between the neural activation patterns associated with each task. In the present study, single- and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Older Adults, Mental Computation, Brain
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Gross, Thomas F. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2007
The author studied children's (aged 5-16 years) and young adults' (aged 18-22 years) perception and use of facial features to discriminate the age of mature adult faces. In Experiment 1, participants rated the age of unaltered and transformed (eyes, nose, eyes and nose, and whole face blurred) adult faces (aged 20-80 years). In Experiment 2,…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Young Children, Young Adults, Older Adults
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Marcoen, Alfons – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
Investigates the characteristics and quality of the image children have of aged persons and their grandparents. Children's drawings were compared for old age characteristics and deficits. Analysis of variance on sex, age, kinship with the stimulus person and sex of stimulus person was conducted. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Emotional Response, Freehand Drawing