Aging, Resource Allocation, and Reading with Visual Noise

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METHODS. We are grateful for support from the National Institute on Aging. (Grant R01 AG13935). Contact Information: email: [email protected]. RATIONALE.
Aging, Resource Allocation, and Reading with Visual Noise Xuefei Gao1, Brian R. Levinthal2, and Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow1 Beckman Institute & Department of Educational Psychology1; Department of Psychology2, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL RATIONALE

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Table 1. Individual differences for participants n Age Education (years) Vocabulary (WAIS-R subtest) FDS BDS LLS * LRS *

Old Mean 36 69.1 15.9 51.1 7.2 5.8 4.3 4.2

SD 6.9 2.7 8.3 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0

Young Mean 36 23.5 16.0 52.9 7.3 5.5 5.8 5.5

SD 3.9 1.9 7.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4

Notes: FDS = Forward Digit Span; BDS = Backward Digit Span; LLS = Loaded Listening Span (average number of words recalled); LRS = Loaded Reading Span (average number of words recalled). * significant group difference, p

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