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  • Sequence learning is crucial for cognitive functions throughout life.
  • Understanding how aging affects learning processes is vital for maintaining cognitive health.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of healthy aging on deterministic, judgment-based sequence learning.
  • To compare sequence learning abilities across different age groups: college-aged, younger-old, and older-old adults.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed a judgment-based sequence learning task involving chaining stimulus-response associations.
  • Performance was assessed by the ability to learn the full sequence and the number of errors committed.

Main Results:

  • Younger adults significantly outperformed both younger-old and older-old adults in sequence learning.
  • Older adults demonstrated reduced ability to acquire the full sequence and made more errors.
  • Age-related deficits were specific to sequence learning, as all age groups performed similarly on simple association and probe trials.

Conclusions:

  • Deterministic sequence learning abilities decline with healthy aging.
  • These findings challenge previous reports of age preservation in some learning tasks.
  • The results suggest age-related declines in frontostriatal circuits, contrasting with preserved hippocampal function.