A test allowing assessment of the differential changes in auditory and visual short‐term retention was given to groups of young, middle‐aged, and elderly adults. The results indicated that all subjects found it more difficult to handle visually, as opposed to aurally, presented information. The decline in visual retention was found to increase with age, this being most noticeable after the age of 60 years. The theoretical and practical consequences of these findings are briefly discussed.
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McGhie et al. (1965) studied this question.