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Search and the aging mind: The promise and limits of the cognitive control hypothesis of age differences in search

Mata, Rui and von Helversen, Bettina. (2015) Search and the aging mind: The promise and limits of the cognitive control hypothesis of age differences in search. Topics in Cognitive Science, 7. pp. 416-427.

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Abstract

Search is a prerequisite for successful performance in a broad range of tasks ranging from making decisions between consumer goods to memory retrieval. How does aging impact search processes in such disparate situations? Aging is associated with structural and neuromodulatory brain changes that underlie cognitive control processes, which in turn have been proposed as a domain-general mechanism controlling search in external environments as well as memory. We review the aging literature to evaluate the cognitive control hypothesis that suggests that age-related change in cognitive control underlies age differences in both external and internal search. We also consider the limits of the cognitive control hypothesis and propose additional mechanisms such as changes in strategy use and affect that may be necessary to understand how aging affects search.
Faculties and Departments:07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Society & Choice > Cognitive and Decision Sciences (Mata)
07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Society & Choice > Economic Psychology (Rieskamp)
UniBasel Contributors:von Helversen, Bettina and Mata, Rui
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:1756-8757
e-ISSN:1756-8765
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:02 Nov 2017 10:45
Deposited On:02 Nov 2017 10:45

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