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Everyday cognition: age and intellectual ability correlates.

J C Allaire1, M Marsiske

  • 1Institute of Gerontology and Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202-3424, USA. j.allaire@wayne.edu

Psychology and Aging
|January 13, 2000
PubMed
Summary

This study found that everyday cognition measures strongly correlate with traditional cognitive tests in older adults. Both types of assessments are similarly sensitive to age-related cognitive changes.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Gerontology
  • Neuropsychology

Background:

  • Traditional psychometric tests assess basic cognitive abilities.
  • Everyday cognition measures evaluate cognitive functioning in real-world contexts.
  • Debate exists on the distinctiveness of everyday versus traditional cognitive assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between novel everyday cognition measures and standard psychometric tests.
  • To determine if everyday cognition is distinct from basic cognitive abilities.
  • To examine the predictive validity of basic abilities and domain-specific knowledge on everyday cognition.

Main Methods:

  • 174 community-dwelling older adults (average age 73) participated.
  • A new battery of everyday cognition tests assessing 4 abilities in 3 domains was used.

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  • Correlational analyses were employed to compare everyday and traditional cognitive measures.

    • Main Results:

    • Everyday cognitive tests showed strong correlations with basic cognitive abilities.
    • Basic cognitive abilities and domain-specific knowledge predicted everyday cognitive performance.
    • Both everyday and basic cognitive measures demonstrated similar relationships with age.

    Conclusions:

    • Everyday cognition is significantly related to traditional cognitive measures.
    • Everyday cognition assessments are not less sensitive to age-related differences than traditional tests.
    • Findings challenge the notion that everyday cognition is entirely separate from fundamental cognitive abilities.