Overview of the special section on collaborative cognition in later adulthood

Strough, JoNell; Margrett, Jennifer A.

doi:10.1080/01650250143000300

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“…Thus, the quality of couples' collaborative cognition may gradually improve (Strough & Margrett, 2002). This like-mindedness will facilitate spouses' collaboration when planning their joint retirement (Peter-Wight & Martin, 2011;Rauers, Riediger, Schmiedek, & Lindenberger, 2011).…”

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Spousal preferences for joint retirement: Evidence from a multiactor survey among older dual-earner couples.

Eismann

Henkens²,

Kalmijn

2017

Psychology and Aging

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The general assumption in past research on coupled retirement is that men and women prefer joint retirement. The current study tests this assumption and hypothesizes that preferences to retire jointly are associated with a) the work and relationship attachment of both members of the couple, and b) the respective spouse's preferences. The results show that the majority of dual-earner couples have no preference for joint retirement. Male and female spouses with either weak work attachment or strong relationship attachment are more likely to prefer to retire jointly. Moreover, spouses strongly influence each other's preferences.

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“…Recently, CL has begun to receive attention in the cognitive-developmental literature as a mechanism for improving cognitive abilities in older age (Elias & Wagster, 2007;Meegan & Berg, 2002;Strough & Margrett, 2002). While some (non-computer-related) studies have found positive impact of CL on older adults' performance (Fried et al, 2004;Stine-Morrow, Parisi, Park, & Morrow, 2008), evidence also exists that CL has no impact, or even a negative impact, on older adults' performance (Andersson & Ronnberg, 1995, 1996Margrett & Willis, 2006).…”

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Older adults, e-health literacy, and collaborative learning: An experimental study

Xie

2011

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

129

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Group composition (based on gender, prior familiarity with peers, or prior computer experience) showed no significant impact on CL outcomes. These findings contribute to the CL and health literacy literatures and infer that CL can be a useful method for improving older adults' e-health literacy when using the specific strategies developed for this study, which suggests that social interdependence theory can be generalized beyond the younger population and formal educational settings.

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“…Because there is no meta-analysis or recent consolidative history of the study of interrelations among older individuals (as dyads or couples) and effects on cognitive and affective adaptation, the present collection provides an excellent window into current research, as well as theoretical and methodological developments [7,14,20] . As a next step, it may be possible to integrate, at least at a preliminary level, among the rationales, the disciplinary strands and extant research results -in the direction of articulating complementary approaches to understanding the potential impact and limitations of studying interactions, interrelations and collaborations among older adults (as couples).…”

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Evaluating Everyday Competence in Older Adult Couples: Epidemiological Considerations

Dixon

2010

Gerontology

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Among older adults, everyday competence is often expressed in the context of other participating individuals. Although this active human context may be occasionally comprised of mere acquaintances, long-term partners (such as couples) often act as a unit in engaging in everyday actions or reporting on familiar domains. This special section reflects an important movement in aging research to examine couples as an alternative but normatively common unit of analysis. My discussion focuses on 2 main issues. First, I sketch the rationale, logic, expectation and evidence that long-term couples might develop and display unique advantages in everyday competence. Second, I explore the possibilities that epidemiological principles – thus far applied primarily to individual-level aging, decline and disease – may provide concepts or models for research on long-term changes in couple-level adaptation.

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“…For instance, StineMorrow and colleagues [47] demonstrate that cognitive performance in older adults is enhanced when they engage in collaborative problem-solving. Social learning can also improve performance in patients suffering from memory deficiencies (e.g., [7] [19] [49]). …”

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The Effect of Dyadic Interactions on Learning Rotate Gesture for Technology-Naïve Older Adults

Mihajlov¹,

Law

Springett

2016

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Interactive Technology and Ageing Populations

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Older adults having limited experience with modern computing technology may find it difficult to learn touch gestures, especially the more complex rotate gesture. Social interactions, as implied by social constructivism, are assumed to be powerful in enabling older adults to acquire the skill of touch gestures. The social effect can be reinforced with the motivational effect of digital games. To verify the assumption, we conducted empirical studies with 59 older adults, who were divided into two groups: 17 Singles and 21 Dyads. They were asked to play a set of digital games on a multi-touch tabletop. Results show that on average Dyads have spent significantly longer time in the games and have performed a significantly higher number of correct rotate gestures than Singles. Future work focuses on analyzing the emotional aspect of social interactions and identifying further applications of social gaming to other ageing issues.

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“…The most influential ones in recent years have been "interactive minds" , "transactive memory" (Wegner, Giuliano, & Hertel, 1985), "socially shared cognition", and "collaborative cognition" (Dixon, 1992). All of these constructs see cognition mainly as a social process and, therefore, examine cognitive performances of social entities such as dyads (see Strough & Margrett, 2002). "Interactive minds" refers to the phenomenon that the acquisition of individual knowledge may be influenced by other's cognition-related behaviors.…”

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Dyadic Cognition in Old Age: Paradigms, Findings, and Directions

Martin¹,

Wight²

2008

Handbook of Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Overview of the special section on collaborative cognition in later adulthood

Cited by 43 publications

References 27 publications

Spousal preferences for joint retirement: Evidence from a multiactor survey among older dual-earner couples.

Older adults, e-health literacy, and collaborative learning: An experimental study

Evaluating Everyday Competence in Older Adult Couples: Epidemiological Considerations

The Effect of Dyadic Interactions on Learning Rotate Gesture for Technology-Naïve Older Adults

Dyadic Cognition in Old Age: Paradigms, Findings, and Directions

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