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    Older adults show slower visual information processing rates, especially when multiple objects are presented. This age-related slowing appears linked to difficulties in processing and encoding multiple items into visual working memory.

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    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Human Development
    • Neuroscience

    Background:

    • Assessing age-related changes in visual information processing speed is complex.
    • Advanced methods aim to isolate processing rate from performance and onset time, but yield mixed results.
    • Previous studies conflict on whether age affects processing speed, possibly due to differing experimental stimuli.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate age-related differences in visual information processing speed.
    • To examine how the number of stimuli affects age-related processing speed.
    • To determine if age differences in processing speed are linked to visual working memory encoding.

    Main Methods:

    • Three experiments measured the precision of younger and older adults' stimulus representations.
    • Time-accuracy function (TAF) analysis was used to estimate processing rates.
    • Stimulus complexity varied, from single targets to multiple stimuli with post-cues.

    Main Results:

    • Little evidence for age differences in processing rate with a single stimulus.
    • Significant age-related slowing of processing when three nontargets were added to the display.
    • Similar slowing observed when presenting two stimuli with a post-cue.

    Conclusions:

    • Age-related slowing in visual processing is evident when multiple objects are present.
    • This slowing may stem from age-related difficulties in processing multiple objects.
    • Encoding multiple items into visual working memory appears particularly challenging for older adults.