6 papers1 finding
Older-adults
downin humans1
Older-adults impair response time in humans.
“Older adults had significantly slower response times compared to younger adults across all tasks, but accuracy was largely comparable.”
Humans
Acta psychologica6 Jan 2026
An observational comparison of 54 healthy older and 28 younger adults linked slower stepping to less efficient information processing, rather than greater caution.An observational comparison of 54 healthy older and 28 younger adults linked slower stepping to less efficient information processing, rather than greater caution.
In a study of 108 deaf ASL-English bilinguals aged 21 to 88, older adults showed larger Stroop interference than younger adults, particularly in English response times.In a study of 108 deaf ASL-English bilinguals aged 21 to 88, older adults showed larger Stroop interference than younger adults, particularly in English response times.