Computer Use and the Relation between Age and Cognitive Functioning

Autor/in	Soubelet, Andrea
Titel	Computer Use and the Relation between Age and Cognitive Functioning
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 38 (2012) 9, S.644-649 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
DOI	10.1080/03601277.2011.595340
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Ability; Computer Use; Age Differences; Cognitive Measurement; Research Design; Adults; Gerontology; Older Adults; Aging (Individuals); Data Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Leisure Time; Questionnaires; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Forschungsdesign; Gerontologie; Älterer Erwachsener; Aging; Altern; Auswertung; Korrelation; Freizeit; Fragebogen
Abstract	This article investigates whether computer use for leisure could mediate or moderate the relations between age and cognitive functioning. Findings supported smaller age differences in measures of cognitive functioning for people who reported spending more hours using a computer. Because of the cross-sectional design of the study, two alternative interpretations of the results are discussed. Regardless of how the findings are interpreted, the major finding supports that using a computer for leisure does not have the same meaning at different ages. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10