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Analogical reasoning and aging: the processing speed and inhibition hypothesis.

2014

This study was designed to investigate the effect of aging on analogical reasoning by manipulating the strength of semantic association (LowAssoc or HighAssoc) and the number of distracters' semantic analogies of the A:B::C:D type and to determine which factors might be responsible for the age-related differences on analogical reasoning by testing two different theoretical frameworks: the inhibition hypothesis and the speed mediation hypothesis. We compared young adults and two groups of aging people (old and old-old) with word analogies of the A:B::C:D format. Results indicate an age-related effect on analogical reasoning, this effect being greatest with LowAssoc analogies. It was not asso…

Analogical reasoningAdultMaleMediation (statistics)AgingInjury controlAccident preventionAnalogyPoison controlWord Association TestsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologySemantic associationDevelopmental psychologyYoung AdultReaction TimeHumansProblem SolvingAgedAged 80 and overMiddle AgedSemanticsPsychiatry and Mental healthNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyFemaleGeriatrics and GerontologyPsychologyPsychomotor PerformanceCognitive psychologyNeuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition
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