Effect of ageing on attended visual stimuli in the presence of cognitive mental load.
Monireh MahjoobAndrew J AndersonPublished in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) (2024)
Although mental load reduced performance equally for both age groups and for all attentional conditions, older adults had poorer overall performance. Therefore, a given mental load is more likely to drive older observers to unacceptable levels of task performance.