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Eliane Correa Miotto - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Mecânica e pragmática do funcionamento intelectual: desempenho da amostra de 15 idosos de Juiz de Fora, MG. Mechanics and pragmatics of the intellectual functioning: sampling performance of 15 elderly patients in the city of Juiz de Fora, MG.
2009Co-Authors: Aluízio Silva Júnior, Valéria Trunkl Serrao, Flávia Serebrenic Jungerman, Milberto Scaff, Eliane Correa MiottoAbstract:Introduction: Cognitive Mechanics (flowing intelligence) de- clines as neuro-sensorial changes, which has an effect upon the brains processing speed, taking place due to the aging process. Cognitive pragmatic (crystalised intelligence) while having an educational and experimental basis remains preser- ved for most of the adult life. Objective: To test the intellectu- al abilities of 65-plus-year-old healthy adults. Methodology: Neuropsychological tests were applied to 15 senior citizens ol- der than 65 years-old. Outcome: Sligthly better performance was found in the crystalised intelligence. All patients showed a preserved intelligence. In the case of crystalised intelligen- ce, 5 subjects scored medium range performance, 7 reached the upper-intermediate range, and 3 got the higher one. In the flowing intelligence, 10 patients fell into the intermedia- te range, 1 in the upper-intermediate, and 4 in the highest. As for the estimated I.Q., 9 fit in the medium range, 3 in the upper-intermediate, and 3 in the higher one. Cohort analysis suggests that the 65-70 year old group got a relatively bet- ter performance as far as the estimated Cognitive pragmatic and I.Q. are concerned once compared with the 71-75 years- of-age group. The gap is even wider regarding the Cognitive Mechanic. Conclusion: The study confirms similar outcomes compared to the scientific literature, suggesting that fluidal abilities decline sooner and faster than crystalised ones.
Ulman Lindenberger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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With a little help from my spouse: does spousal collaboration compensate for the effects of Cognitive aging?
Gerontology, 2010Co-Authors: Antje Rauers, Michaela Riediger, Florian Schmiedek, Ulman LindenbergerAbstract:Background: Collaborating with another person may help people compensate for aging-related losses in memory performance. However, collaborating in itself is effortful and draws upon individual Cognitive resources. One factor that can facilitate collaboration, and decrease its resource requirements, is familiarity between interaction partners. Such facilitation should be particularly important when Cognitive-Mechanic resources are low. Objective: The current study was conducted to empirically test this theoretical notion. We hypothesized that Cognitive aging should amplify the advantage of collaborating with a familiar partner over collaborating with an unfamiliar person. Methods: We developed an interpersonal cueing task based on the game Taboo©. The task modeled an everyday-life situation in which one person cues another person to retrieve a piece of information from memory. Seventy-six younger adults (20–33 years) and 80 older adults (63–79 years) worked on this task once with their spouse and once with an unfamiliar cross-sex partner from the same age group. Collaborative performance was operationalized as the number of cue words needed until the partner guessed the target, as determined by independent trained coders. Performance in the Digit Symbol Substitution Test was used as an indicator of Cognitive aging. Results: Multilevel-modeling analyses revealed that collaborating spouses outperformed collaborators who had not known each other before. This effect was comparable for both age groups but larger in persons with lower Digit Symbol scores. While participants with lower Digit Symbol scores generally performed worse in the collaborative task, they partly made up for this difference when working with the spouse. Conclusion: We conclude that spousal collaboration may offer a compensatory strategy to cope with individual aging-related losses.
Aluízio Silva Júnior - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Mecânica e pragmática do funcionamento intelectual: desempenho da amostra de 15 idosos de Juiz de Fora, MG. Mechanics and pragmatics of the intellectual functioning: sampling performance of 15 elderly patients in the city of Juiz de Fora, MG.
2009Co-Authors: Aluízio Silva Júnior, Valéria Trunkl Serrao, Flávia Serebrenic Jungerman, Milberto Scaff, Eliane Correa MiottoAbstract:Introduction: Cognitive Mechanics (flowing intelligence) de- clines as neuro-sensorial changes, which has an effect upon the brains processing speed, taking place due to the aging process. Cognitive pragmatic (crystalised intelligence) while having an educational and experimental basis remains preser- ved for most of the adult life. Objective: To test the intellectu- al abilities of 65-plus-year-old healthy adults. Methodology: Neuropsychological tests were applied to 15 senior citizens ol- der than 65 years-old. Outcome: Sligthly better performance was found in the crystalised intelligence. All patients showed a preserved intelligence. In the case of crystalised intelligen- ce, 5 subjects scored medium range performance, 7 reached the upper-intermediate range, and 3 got the higher one. In the flowing intelligence, 10 patients fell into the intermedia- te range, 1 in the upper-intermediate, and 4 in the highest. As for the estimated I.Q., 9 fit in the medium range, 3 in the upper-intermediate, and 3 in the higher one. Cohort analysis suggests that the 65-70 year old group got a relatively bet- ter performance as far as the estimated Cognitive pragmatic and I.Q. are concerned once compared with the 71-75 years- of-age group. The gap is even wider regarding the Cognitive Mechanic. Conclusion: The study confirms similar outcomes compared to the scientific literature, suggesting that fluidal abilities decline sooner and faster than crystalised ones.
Antje Rauers - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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With a little help from my spouse: does spousal collaboration compensate for the effects of Cognitive aging?
Gerontology, 2010Co-Authors: Antje Rauers, Michaela Riediger, Florian Schmiedek, Ulman LindenbergerAbstract:Background: Collaborating with another person may help people compensate for aging-related losses in memory performance. However, collaborating in itself is effortful and draws upon individual Cognitive resources. One factor that can facilitate collaboration, and decrease its resource requirements, is familiarity between interaction partners. Such facilitation should be particularly important when Cognitive-Mechanic resources are low. Objective: The current study was conducted to empirically test this theoretical notion. We hypothesized that Cognitive aging should amplify the advantage of collaborating with a familiar partner over collaborating with an unfamiliar person. Methods: We developed an interpersonal cueing task based on the game Taboo©. The task modeled an everyday-life situation in which one person cues another person to retrieve a piece of information from memory. Seventy-six younger adults (20–33 years) and 80 older adults (63–79 years) worked on this task once with their spouse and once with an unfamiliar cross-sex partner from the same age group. Collaborative performance was operationalized as the number of cue words needed until the partner guessed the target, as determined by independent trained coders. Performance in the Digit Symbol Substitution Test was used as an indicator of Cognitive aging. Results: Multilevel-modeling analyses revealed that collaborating spouses outperformed collaborators who had not known each other before. This effect was comparable for both age groups but larger in persons with lower Digit Symbol scores. While participants with lower Digit Symbol scores generally performed worse in the collaborative task, they partly made up for this difference when working with the spouse. Conclusion: We conclude that spousal collaboration may offer a compensatory strategy to cope with individual aging-related losses.
Valéria Trunkl Serrao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Mecânica e pragmática do funcionamento intelectual: desempenho da amostra de 15 idosos de Juiz de Fora, MG. Mechanics and pragmatics of the intellectual functioning: sampling performance of 15 elderly patients in the city of Juiz de Fora, MG.
2009Co-Authors: Aluízio Silva Júnior, Valéria Trunkl Serrao, Flávia Serebrenic Jungerman, Milberto Scaff, Eliane Correa MiottoAbstract:Introduction: Cognitive Mechanics (flowing intelligence) de- clines as neuro-sensorial changes, which has an effect upon the brains processing speed, taking place due to the aging process. Cognitive pragmatic (crystalised intelligence) while having an educational and experimental basis remains preser- ved for most of the adult life. Objective: To test the intellectu- al abilities of 65-plus-year-old healthy adults. Methodology: Neuropsychological tests were applied to 15 senior citizens ol- der than 65 years-old. Outcome: Sligthly better performance was found in the crystalised intelligence. All patients showed a preserved intelligence. In the case of crystalised intelligen- ce, 5 subjects scored medium range performance, 7 reached the upper-intermediate range, and 3 got the higher one. In the flowing intelligence, 10 patients fell into the intermedia- te range, 1 in the upper-intermediate, and 4 in the highest. As for the estimated I.Q., 9 fit in the medium range, 3 in the upper-intermediate, and 3 in the higher one. Cohort analysis suggests that the 65-70 year old group got a relatively bet- ter performance as far as the estimated Cognitive pragmatic and I.Q. are concerned once compared with the 71-75 years- of-age group. The gap is even wider regarding the Cognitive Mechanic. Conclusion: The study confirms similar outcomes compared to the scientific literature, suggesting that fluidal abilities decline sooner and faster than crystalised ones.