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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2008 Sep;23(3):657–664. doi: 10.1037/a0013008

Table 2.

Mean Percentage Correct (SD in parentheses) for Names and Occupations for Young and Older Adults in the Initial Testing Round for Experiments 1 and 2

Percent Correct
Names Occupations
Experiment 1
  Young adults 19% (18%) 38% (22%)
  Older adults 5% (8%) 19% (17%)

Experiment 2
  Young adults 70% (16%) 83% (14%)
  Older adults 48% (18%) 72% (18%)