Department of Psychology.
Psychol Aging. 2020 Aug;35(5):765-772. doi: 10.1037/pag0000430.
This study is a follow-up to our previous work (Wilkinson & Yang, 2016a), with an intention to examine the long-term maintenance of inhibition practice benefits and the associated near-near transfer effects over a 3.5-year period in older adults. Thirty-six participants from the original multiple task inhibition practice study (Wilkinson & Yang, 2016a), 18 from the practice and 18 from the control group, returned to complete a single follow-up session on the practice and the near-near transfer tasks. The results revealed that after a 3.5-year delay, older adults were able to retain practice benefits in both deletion (i.e., 2-Back) and restraint (i.e., Go-No Go) tasks. Furthermore, 44-65% of the original near-near transfer benefits were retained across all three inhibitory subfunctions at the follow-up session over baseline performance. The findings further extend the literature on the durability of practice and transfer effects of inhibition in older adults. Specifically, the current study demonstrates the long-term practice maintenance in some inhibitory subfunctions (e.g., deletion and restraint tasks) and highlights the retention of near-near transfer gains following a 3.5-year delay in older adults. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究是对我们之前工作（Wilkinson & Yang, 2016a）的后续研究，旨在检验年长个体在长达 3.5 年的时间内抑制练习收益的长期维持情况，以及与近距迁移效应相关的情况。来自原始多任务抑制练习研究（Wilkinson & Yang, 2016a）的 36 名参与者，其中 18 名来自练习组，18 名来自对照组，返回完成了一次关于练习和近距迁移任务的单一随访。结果显示，在 3.5 年的延迟后，年长个体在删除（即 2-Back）和约束（即 Go-No Go）任务中均能保持练习收益。此外，在随访中，与基线表现相比，所有三种抑制子功能的原始近距迁移收益中有 44%-65%得到了保留。研究结果进一步扩展了关于年长个体抑制练习和迁移效应持久性的文献。具体而言，本研究证明了一些抑制子功能（如删除和约束任务）的长期练习维持，并强调了年长个体在 3.5 年延迟后近距迁移收益的保留。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。
