Differences in abstraction ability with age.

M. S. Albert; J. Wolfe; G. Lafleche

doi:10.1037/0882-7974.5.1.94

Differences in abstraction ability with age.

M. S. Albert, J. Wolfe, G. Lafleche

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Three tests of abstraction were administered to 89 optimally healthy subjects aged 30-79. Performance on all 3 tasks showed significant differences with age. This was primarily, although not entirely, the result of deficits in performance by the 70-year-old subjects. These results do not appear to be related to changes in memory ability or to a differential increase in a particular type of abstraction error.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	94-100
Number of pages	7
Journal	Psychology and aging
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.5.1.94
State	Published - Mar 1990
Externally published	Yes

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Aging
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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