Stephen T Koury, Shannon Carlin-Menter, Rama Dey-Rao, Kimberle Kelly
Gene Annotation in High Schools: Successful Student Pipeline and Teacher Professional Development in Bioscience Using GENI-ACT
Frontiers in microbiology
study deals beliefs questionanswering processes involving world knowledge utilized young middle aged older adults questions intended induce either fact retrieval inferential reasoning shown younger n 37 middle aged n 37 older n 37 adults multiple choice truefalse format increasing age level related decreased confidence either fact retrieval inferential reasoning global assessments questionanswering processes involving people general self evaluations taken individuals contrast personal confidence ratings adults ages generally believed declining fact retrieval abilities old age inferential reasoning however often believed remain stable even increase ability level increasing age especially true assessments generated older adults self evaluations thus negative global beliefs memory aging may present even global beliefs contradict itemspecific judgments personal beliefs ones cognition