Metronome pacing and age: the effect of irrelevant stimuli

• Published in: Experimental aging research Vol. 6; no. 4; p. 393
• Main Authors: Kline, D W, Burdick, D C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.1980
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Female; Homes for the Aged; Humans; Learning; Male; Middle Aged; Periodicity

Community resident and institutionalized elderly were compared with young subjects in their ability to ignore task-irrelevant stimuli in a time estimation task. Production and reproduction estimates were compared under three metronome conditions: no metronome, 40 beats per minute (bpm), and 80 bpm....