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  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience of aging

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  • Metacognition involves awareness and control of one's own cognitive processes.
  • Assessing recognition memory performance is crucial for understanding cognitive aging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare decision-making flexibility in young and older adults.
  • To investigate age-related differences in adjusting recognition memory criteria based on task difficulty.

Main Methods:

  • Forty-eight young and 48 older adults participated.
  • Participants completed two associative recognition tests (easy and hard) in a counterbalanced order.
  • Decision criteria adjustments were analyzed based on test order.

Main Results:

  • Both age groups increased response stringency when the easy test preceded the hard test.
  • No criterion shift was observed in either group when the hard test came first.
  • This indicates age-related preserved metacognitive control.

Conclusions:

  • Older adults demonstrate preserved metacognitive abilities in recognition memory.
  • They can adjust decision criteria to manage accuracy under changing task demands.
  • Findings suggest effective error rate control in older adults.