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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2020

Age Effects in Sequence-Construction for a Continuous Cognitive Task: Similar Sequence-Trends but Fewer Switch-Points.

Corinna E Löckenhoff, Joshua L Rutt, Gregory R Samanez-Larkin, Casey Gallagher, Ted O'Donoghue, Valerie F Reyna

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  3. Age Differences in Intertemporal Choice: The Role of Task Type, Outcome Characteristics, and Covariates.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2020
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Corinna E LöckenhoffDepartment of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Joshua L RuttDepartment of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Gregory R Samanez-LarkinDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Casey GallagherDepartment of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Ted O'DonoghueDepartment of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Valerie F ReynaDepartment of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Pilot CoreP30AG022845 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Manney Carrington Reid, ELAINE WETHINGTON · 2003 to 2026
$15.2M
Neuromodulation of Motivated Cognition and Decision Making Across AdulthoodR00AG042596 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SAMANEZ LARKIN, GREGORY R · 2014 to 2016
$730k
Age Differences in Preferences for and Responses to Temporal SequencesR21AG043741 · NIA · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI LOECKENHOFF, CORINNA E · 2013 to 2014
$406k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIA NIH HHS P30 AG022845NIA NIH HHS R00 AG042596NIA NIH HHS R21 AG043741
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Abstract

objectivesMany real-life settings require decision makers to sort a predetermined set of outcomes or activities into a preferred sequence and people vary in whether they prefer to tackle the most challenging aspects first, leave them for the last, or intersperse them with less challenging outcomes. Prior research on age differences in sequence-preferences has focused on discrete and hypothetical events. The present study expands this work by examining sequence-preferences for a realistic, continuous, sustained, and cognitively challenging task.

methodsParticipants (N = 121, aged 21-86) were asked to complete 10 min of a difficult cognitive task (2-back), 10 min of an easy cognitive task (1-back), and 10 min of rest over the course of a 30-min interval. They could complete the tasks in any order and switch tasks as often as they wished and they were rewarded for correct performance. Additional measures included affective and physiological responses, task accuracy, time-perspective, and demographics.

resultsThe majority of participants constructed sequences with decreasing task difficulty. Preferences for the general trend of the sequence were not significantly related to age, but the number of switches among the tasks decreased with age, and task-switching tended to incur greater accuracy decrements among older as compared to younger adults. DISCUSSION: We address potential methodological concerns, discuss theoretical implications, and consider potential real-life applications.

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AdultAgedAge FactorsAgingAttentionChoice BehaviorCognitionDecision MakingFemaleHumansMalePsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeDecision makingEmotion/emotion regulationSelf-regulationTime discountingWorking memory

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PMID30107593
PMCPMC7328034

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