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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Cognitive control changes with age, but research often involves task anticipation.
  • Limited understanding exists regarding age-related cognitive control without opportunities for preparation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related changes in cognitive control components (goal setting, switching) across the lifespan.
  • To examine the impact of verbal self-instruction on cognitive control in children, young adults, and older adults.
  • To explore age-specific effects of verbalization strategies on reactive control.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a task-switching paradigm with bidimensional stimuli and unpredictable task switches.
  • Compared performance in silent and verbal self-instruction (task goal or stimulus feature labeling) conditions.
  • Assessed response times in single-task and mixed-task blocks across three age groups.

Main Results:

  • Response times indicated an inverted U-shaped performance curve with age.
  • Age differences were more significant for goal setting than for switching.
  • Verbalization effects varied: detrimental for young adults, beneficial for older adults, and mixed for children.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive control exhibits an inverted U-shaped trajectory across the lifespan, particularly in goal setting.
  • Verbal self-instruction differentially affects cognitive control based on age, highlighting developmental shifts in reactive strategies.
  • Findings generalize proactive control insights to reactive control contexts, emphasizing age-related strategy changes.