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Adult Age Differences in Learning on a Sequentially Cued Prediction Task

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  • Kendra L. Seaman
  • Darlene V. Howard
  • James H. Howard, Jr.

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Objectives. Much of adaptive behavior relies on the ability to learn and generate predictions about relationships in the environment. Research on aging suggests both that there is an age deficit in the ability to learn sequential relationships and that this deficit in learning could underlie age differences reported in many decision-making tasks. This article introduces the Triplets Prediction Task (TPT) to investigate the learning of sequential relationships that underlies adaptive behavior.

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  • Kendra L. Seaman & Darlene V. Howard & James H. Howard, Jr., 2014. "Adult Age Differences in Learning on a Sequentially Cued Prediction Task," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 69(5), pages 686-694.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:69:y:2014:i:5:p:686-694.
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