EFFECTS OF AGING ON SKILL LEARNING - STUD Y OF COMPUTERIZED TASKS

The authors have assessed perceptual motor tasks involving the learnin g of the mouse control by locking at a Macintosh computer screen durin g three consecutive sessions. Tests were performed by 102 control subj ects aged between 16 and 85 years. Concerning age, there was a signifi cant time difference (ANOVA) but improvement was the same for all subj ects. Educational level and IQP results didn't influence procedural pe rformance. Men were faster in three tasks. We can argue that implicit learning abilities appear before explicite memory and within the adult life span there appears to be little significant deterioration in imp licit memory abilitie.