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Aging Slows Change Detection Without Affecting Accuracy

Poster Session IV - Board: IV-119
Saturday, May 23, 2009, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Golden Gate Exhibit Hall

Jennifer L. Heisey
Elizabethtown College

Catherine E. Craver Lemley
Elizabethtown College

Amanda L. Price
Elizabethtown College

Since aging impairs some aspects of visual attention, we conducted a change blindness task comparing the performance of older adults (65+ years) with college students. While there were no significant differences in accuracy, older adults required longer reaction times to detect the changes.

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