Open AccessWhat is Still Working in Working Memory in Old Age: Dual Tasking and Resistance to Interference Do Not Explain Age-Related Item Loss After a Focus Switch
Author(s) -
Paul Verhaeghen,
Y. Zhang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbs119
Subject(s) - working memory , focus (optics) , psychology , resistance (ecology) , dual (grammatical number) , interference theory , task (project management) , developmental psychology , coping (psychology) , cognitive psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , neuroscience , biology , engineering , art , systems engineering , physics , ecology , optics , literature
In 2 experiments, we examined the oft-replicated finding of age-related differences in accuracy at retrieving items stored in working memory, but outside the focus of attention. Specifically, we investigated whether such differences could be explained by (a) age-related differences in coping with the dual-task nature of swapping items into and out of the focus of attention and/or (b) age-related differences in resistance to interference.
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