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Older adults were slower to find learning strategies
In a four-phase experiment with 60 younger and 59 older adults, increasingly explicit information improved learning and strategy use in both groups.In a four-phase experiment with 60 younger and 59 older adults, increasingly explicit information improved learning and strategy use in both groups.
Preprint: non-randomized trialInterventions
Who was studiedYounger and older adults, against younger adults
What changedOlder adults took longer to discover learning strategies than younger adults
The catchStrategy discovery relied on participants’ reports and estimates from learning curves