Kirchner (1958)

Age differences in short-term retention of rapidly changing information.

Journal of Experimental Psychology, 55(4), 352-358

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"An experiment was conducted to measure very short-term retention in younger and older Ss by means of a visual display involving a rapidly moving light… . Results indicated that older Ss slumped in performance much sooner than younger Ss, in both relative and absolute terms. Older Ss also tended to make more errors of omission and more random responses, indicating a lack of ability to 'keep up.' " Concluded that the inability to organize incoming and outgoing information as rapidly as the younger Ss caused the older Ss' poorer performance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)

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Kirchner, W. K. (1958). Age differences in short-term retention of rapidly changing information. Journal of experimental psychology, 55(4), 352.

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