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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Gerontology

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  • Older adults are often slower on cognitive tasks.
  • Diffusion decision modeling (DDM) has explained slowing by processing time, caution, and sensorimotor factors.
  • Interference processing in older adults is not fully understood within DDM.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate interference processing and aging using DDM.
  • To compare single-task and dual-task performance to understand attentional control.
  • To explore the neurocognitive mechanisms behind age-related slowing.

Main Methods:

  • Used a choice response time task with and without interference.
  • Applied the EZ-diffusion model to data from 117 younger and older adults.
  • Analyzed attentional switching in single and dual-task conditions.

Main Results:

  • Longer nondecision time was the primary cause of slower reaction times (RTs) in older adults.
  • This effect was more pronounced during dual-task attentional switching.
  • Interference processing before attention switching significantly impacted older adults' RTs.

Conclusions:

  • Interference processing, not caution for error minimization, drives slower RTs in older adults.
  • Findings support neurocognitive and inhibition deficit explanations for age-related slowing.
  • Difficulties inhibiting interference and its impact on cognitive processes warrant further DDM investigation in aging.