Mueller J H, Kausler D H, Faherty A
Exp Aging Res. 1980 Oct;6(5):445-9. doi: 10.1080/03610738008258379.
Pairs of words were presented to young and elderly subjects for matching decisions on one of three bases: physical, acoustic or taxonomic indentity. Elderly subjects took longer for all types of decisions, especially for acoustic decisions. The only indication that the elderly were disproportionally slower for semantic decisions was for pairs requiring a "different" response, compared to decisions yielding a "same" response. These results suggest that speed of access to semantic information is not a major factor in age differences in recall following semantic or nonsemantic processing.
向年轻和年长的受试者呈现成对的单词,让他们根据三个依据之一进行匹配判断:物理特征、声学特征或分类特征。年长的受试者在做出所有类型的判断时都花费更长时间,尤其是声学判断。与做出“相同”反应的判断相比,唯一表明年长受试者在语义判断上异常缓慢的迹象是对于需要做出“不同”反应的单词对。这些结果表明,在语义或非语义加工后的回忆中,获取语义信息的速度不是年龄差异的主要因素。