Human Aging and Behavior: Recent Advances in Research and TheoryGeorge Alexander Talland |
Contents
Timing of Behavior in Senescence and the Role of the Central | 1 |
The Central Nervous System in the Slowing of Senescent Behavior | 8 |
Testing the Hypothesis | 17 |
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age decrement age differences age groups alpha cycle alpha rhythm analysis Ankus associations audiometry auditory average behavior central nervous system changes commission errors concrete nouns correct detections correlation decline deficit digit span duration effect of age efficiency Eisdorfer elderly group elderly Ss electroencephalogram experiment experimental factor foresignals frequency function Geront hypothesis increase input interaction interstimulus interval J. E. Birren latency learning list length MEAN NUMBER measure mediators Monaural msec nervous system number of words old group old Ss older Ss omission paced inspection tasks percentage performance presented primary primary associations Psychol psycholinguistic psychological Rabbitt reaction recall redundancy relation reported responses Riegel rote learning sample scores senescence short-term memory signal significant significantly speed stimulus suggested Surwillo Szafran Table Talland thresholds trials type of material unrelated words variability verbal visual vocabulary Welford word span young Ss younger Ss