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1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. tutida@lt.ritsumei.ac.jp
Abstract:
The present study investigated "inhibition of return" which refers to increased response latency when the target in a location discrimination task appears in the same location on consecutive trials. Research to date has suggested that this effect is little changed across age. However, this study, which compared 12 older adults in good health (M=73.0, SD=5.3) with younger adults using the target-target paradigm to examine inhibition of return, suggests there is a strong and continuous effect in older adults in comparison to younger adults. Results indicate the possibility that the inhibitory function may become stronger at an older age.
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