Encoding Tasks and the Processing of Perceptual Information in Young and Older Adults.

Autor: Pilotti, Maura, Beyer, Tim, Yasunami, Mariya
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Zdroj: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences; Mar2001, Vol. 56 Issue 2, pP119, 10p
Abstrakt: Investigates the impact of age on the degree to which different tasks promote the encoding of the characteristics of a talker's voice and whether these characteristics encoded in long-term memory facilitate spoken word identification under difficult listening conditions. Young adults' identification with greater accuracy words spoken in a familiar voice than older adults.
Databáze: Complementary Index