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  • Gerontology
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Technology significantly enhances quality of life and competence for older adults.
  • Mechanic and pragmatic cognitive functions are vital for technology use in daily life.
  • The specific roles of these cognitive functions in moderating technology ownership with age are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether perceptual speed or verbal fluency better buffers age-related differences in technology ownership.
  • To examine the moderating effects of cognitive functions alongside demographic, socioeconomic, and household factors.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a nationally representative German sample (N=3,357) aged 18-94.
  • Utilized interaction and relative importance analyses to assess cognitive functions' moderation of age and technology ownership.
  • Examined perceptual speed and verbal fluency as key cognitive moderators.

Main Results:

  • Both perceptual speed and verbal fluency significantly buffered age differences in technology ownership.
  • Perceptual speed's moderating effect remained robust even when accounting for other variables.
  • Verbal fluency's moderating effect diminished when other variables were included, indicating a lesser role.

Conclusions:

  • Mechanic and pragmatic cognitive functions differentially moderate the relationship between age and technology ownership.
  • Perceptual speed is a more significant factor than verbal fluency in maintaining technology ownership across adulthood.
  • These findings emphasize the critical role of information processing capabilities in technology adoption and use among older adults.