Paper-based assessment of the effects of aging on response time in processing speed. A diffusion model analysis.

Autor/inn/en	Dirk, Judith; Kratzsch, Gesa Katharina; Prindle, John P.; Kröhne, Ulf; Goldhammer, Frank; Schmiedek, Florian
Titel	Paper-based assessment of the effects of aging on response time in processing speed. A diffusion model analysis.
Quelle	In: Journal of Intelligence, 5 (2017) 2, S. 1-16 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2079-3200
DOI	10.3390/jintelligence5020012
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Vergleichsuntersuchung; Kognitionspsychologie; Deutschland; Messung; Modell; Zeit; Altern; Leistung; Antwort; Messung; Altern; Zeit; Antwort; Leistung; Modell; Alter Mensch; Junger Erwachsener; Deutschland
Abstract	The effects of aging on response time were examined in a paper-based lexical-decision experiment with younger (age 18-36) and older (age 64-75) adults, applying Ratcliff's diffusion model. Using digital pens allowed the paper-based assessment of response times for single items. Age differences previously reported by Ratcliff and colleagues in computer-based experiments were partly replicated: older adults responded more conservatively than younger adults and showed a slowing of their nondecision components of RT by 53 ms. The rates of evidence accumulation (drift rate) showed no age-related differences. Participants with a higher score in a vocabulary test also had higher drift rates. The experiment demonstrates the possibility to use formal processing models with paper-based tests. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2023/1