Differences in abstraction ability with age.

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

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)94-100
Number of pages7
JournalPsychology and aging
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1990
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology
  • Aging
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology

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