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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 94-100 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Psychology and aging |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1990 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Aging
- Geriatrics and Gerontology