Heineken E
Fach Psychologie, University of Duisburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Exp Aging Res. 1989 Spring-Summer;15(1-2):79-87. doi: 10.1080/03610738908259761.
A cross-sectional study of figural after-effects in kinesthesis on 144 subjects ranging in age from 10 to 87 years was carried out. The procedure was nearly identical to one used by Köhler and Dinnerstein (1947). The data show a significant nonmonotonic age trend of the figural after-effect. There is a decline of the kinesthetic after-effect from the youngest to the 35-50-year-old group, followed by an increase in the 51-66-year-olds, and a decrease from this group to the 67-87-year-old group. The pre-test judgments follow a quadratic trend, with a minimal deviation from the objective block size in the group of 35-50-year-old people. The theoretical basis for the relationship between age and figural after-effects is discussed with respect to an age specificity of the attentional capacity, of the cognitive strategy for making successive comparisons, and of stimulus persistence.
对144名年龄在10岁至87岁之间的受试者进行了一项关于动觉中图形后效的横断面研究。该程序与科勒和丁纳斯坦（1947年）使用的程序几乎相同。数据显示图形后效存在显著的非单调年龄趋势。从最年轻组到35 - 50岁组，动觉后效呈下降趋势，随后在51 - 66岁组有所增加，从该组到67 - 87岁组又呈下降趋势。预测试判断呈二次趋势，在35 - 50岁组中与客观方块大小的偏差最小。从注意力容量、进行连续比较的认知策略以及刺激持续性的年龄特异性方面讨论了年龄与图形后效之间关系的理论基础。
