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Do you see what I see? — the impact of age differences in time perspective on visual attention
Author(s)	Ruthann C Thomas, Sunghan Kim, David Goldstein
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 5, September 2007
Pages	pp P247-P252
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Learning capacity ; Mental clarity ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young adults [20-25] ; Comparison ; Canada.
Annotation	In young adults, having a relatively long time perspective has been associated with a more abstract, holistic approach to cognitive tasks, as opposed to a more concrete, detailed approach associated with having a more limited or near-future focus. The authors studied the impact of age differences in temporal perspective on performance on a classic visual attention task that allowed for an orientation toward either detailed or holistic processing. Participants in this Canadian study were 68 younger adults aged 17-25 and 68 older adults aged 60-75. Consistent with views on temporal perspective and cognition, it was found that younger adults were more likely than older adults to orient toward holistic processing. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080306202 A
Classmark	DE: DF: BB: SD6: 48: 7S
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