PSYC 357 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Autobiographical Memory, White Matter, Semantic Memory
16 Oct 2016
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Refers to the way the mind works; specifically, the process of attention, memory, intelligence, problem solving and the use of language. Processing speed: most widely studied areas in cognition and aging. Is the amount of time it takes for an individual to analyze incoming information from the sense, formulate decisions, and then prepare a response on the basis of that analysis. Participants are instructed to make a response such as pushing the key as soon as they see the target: choice reaction time tasks. Participants must make one response for one stimulus and another response for a different stimulus: people vary greatly in the rate at which they experience a slowing in reaction time, general slowing hypothesis. The increase in reaction time reflects a general decline of information processing speed within the nervous system of aging individual. Consistent with a large body of data on reaction time performance in adulthood. Also used to explain age differences in memory: age-complexity hypothesis.
