TitleAging and dual-task performance: a meta-analysis.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsVerhaeghen, P, Steitz, DW, Sliwinski, MJ, Cerella, J
JournalPsychol Aging
Volume18
Issue3
Pagination443-60
Date Published2003 Sep
ISSN0882-7974
KeywordsAdult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Reaction Time, Task Performance and Analysis
Abstract

<p>The relations between dual-task effects and aging were examined through a meta-analysis of 33 studies (with 48 independent participant groups) using latency as the dependent measure and 30 studies (with 40 independent participant groups) focusing on accuracy. Brinley plots and state traces were derived, and a model to explicate different types of complexity (additive and multiplicative) was developed. The effects of dual-task processing on latency were additive, and this additive cost was larger in older adults than in younger adults and larger than predicted from general slowing. This cost was small and independent of task complexity. The effects of dual-task processing on logit-transformed accuracy were likewise additive, but no specific age deficit was associated with this dual-task cost.</p>

DOI10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.443
Alternate JournalPsychol Aging
PubMed ID14518807
Grant ListAG-16201 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States