Research article summary (published 11 Aug 2009):

Long-term maintenance of retest learning in young old and oldest old adults.

Full Abstract

This study examined the maintenance of retest learning benefits in young old and oldest old adults over an 8-month period in 3 cognitive abilities: reasoning, perceptual-motor speed, and visual attention. Twenty-four young old (aged 70-79 years, M = 74.2) and 23 oldest old adults (aged 80-90 years, M = 83.6) who participated in a previously published study (Yang, L., Krampe, R. T., & Baltes, P. B. [2006]. Basic forms of cognitive plasticity extended into the oldest-old: Retest learning, age, and cognitive functioning. Psychology and Aging, 21, 372-378) returned after an 8-month delay to complete 2 follow-up retest sessions. The results demonstrated that both young old and oldest old groups maintained about 50% of the original retest learning benefits. This extends the earlier findings of substantial long-term cognitive training maintenance in young old adults to a context of retest learning with oldest old adults, and thus portrays a positive message for cognitive plasticity of the oldest old.

Author information

Author/s: Yang, Lixia (L); Krampe, Ralf T (RT);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada. lixiay(-atsign-)ryerson.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 64 (issue 5) : pp 608-11

Dates: Created 2009/08/18; Completed 2009/08/28;

PMID: 19679700, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/28/2009, IMS Date: )

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Aged Aged, 80 and over Attention Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data

Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data Practice (Psychology) Problem Solving Psychometrics Psychomotor Performance Reaction Time Retention (Psychology) Serial Learning

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