Cognitive development: no stages please – we’re British

Creativity and Reason in Cognitive Development

10.1017/cbo9780511606915 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Development

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Use It and Still Lose It?

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000020 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 169-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Adrian Schwaninger ◽

Diana Hardmeier ◽

Judith Riegelnig ◽

Mike Martin

Keyword(s):

Object Recognition ◽

Cognitive Development ◽

Recognition Test ◽

Cognitive Aging ◽

Recognition Task ◽

Airport Security ◽

Visual Object ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Object Recognition Test ◽

X Ray

In recent years, research on cognitive aging increasingly has focused on the cognitive development across middle adulthood. However, little is still known about the long-term effects of intensive job-specific training of fluid intellectual abilities. In this study we examined the effects of age- and job-specific practice of cognitive abilities on detection performance in airport security x-ray screening. In Experiment 1 (N = 308; 24–65 years), we examined performance in the X-ray Object Recognition Test (ORT), a speeded visual object recognition task in which participants have to find dangerous items in x-ray images of passenger bags; and in Experiment 2 (N = 155; 20–61 years) in an on-the-job object recognition test frequently used in baggage screening. Results from both experiments show high performance in older adults and significant negative age correlations that cannot be overcome by more years of job-specific experience. We discuss the implications of our findings for theories of lifespan cognitive development and training concepts.

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