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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2008 Sep;23(3):634–645. doi: 10.1037/a0012577

Table 1. Means and Standard Deviations for Participant Characteristics.

Young Adults (Ages 18-29) Older Adults (Ages 60-79) Very Old Adults (Ages 80-95)
Age 22.0 (3.2) 69.6 (5.9) 83.2 (4.1)
Education 14.8 (2.4) 15.2 (2.7) 14.6 (2.4)
IQ 115.4 (10.9) 117.0 (12.3) 118.5 (13.4)
 Vocabulary 63.3 (6.9) 63.7 (7.8) 61.0 (5.8)
 Matrix Reasoning ** 29.7 (3.07) 24.1 (5.2) 20.2 (7.3)
Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices** 33.0 (8.4) 19.9 (8.4) 13.1 (8.2)
Traditional Operation Span ** 10.5 (2.8) 7.6 (2.5) 6.6 (2.2)
**

Matrix Reasoning, Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices, and Operation Span scores were significantly different between the older and younger adults (p < .01), and were negatively correlated with age between ages 60-95. There were no other significant age differences.