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Wanda Dennis1, Charles T Scialfa, Geoffrey Ho

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary AB T2N 1N4, Canada.

The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
|August 6, 2004
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Younger adults show better adaptation in visual search tasks than older adults, despite similar initial strategies. Older adults may be more prone to distraction, impacting performance development.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human Development

Background:

  • Visual search performance declines with age.
  • Understanding age-related differences in cognitive task development is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age differences in the development of proficient performance in a visual search task.
  • To examine how younger and older adults adapt to changes in target identity during training.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed a triple conjunction visual search task over 17 days.
  • Target identity was manipulated on Days 9 and 17.
  • Eye movement data were collected to analyze search strategies.

Main Results:

  • Younger adults exhibited greater reduction in display size effects post-training compared to older adults.

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  • Disruption from target switching occurred after the first, but not the second, transfer.
  • No age differences were observed in the disruption caused by target switching.

    • Conclusions:

    • Older adults may employ similar feature selection strategies but are more susceptible to distraction.
    • Age differences in visual search proficiency may stem from attentional control rather than feature selection.
    • Findings inform models of attention and age-related cognitive decline.