@article{ref1,
title="Age differences in dual-task performance after practice",
journal="Psychology and aging",
year="2007",
author="Göthe, Katrin and Oberauer, Klaus and Kliegl, Reinhold",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="596-606",
abstract="This study investigated whether older adults could acquire the ability to perform 2 cognitive operations in parallel in a paradigm in which young adults had been shown to be able to do so (K. Oberauer & R. Kliegl, 2004). Twelve young and 12 older adults practiced a numerical and a visuospatial continuous memory updating task in single-task and dual-task conditions for 16 to 24 sessions. After practice, 9 young adults were able to process the 2 tasks without dual-task costs, but none of the older adults had reached the criterion of parallel processing. The results suggest a qualitative difference between young and older adults in how they approach dual-task situations.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0882-7974",
doi="10.1037/0882-7974.22.3.596",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.22.3.596"
}