Reasoning and Knowledge

As we age after early adulthood:

Accumulated knowledge

  • existing knowledge facilitates new learning and compensates for the declines in reasoning capacity. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018).

increases

Reasoning abilities

  • associated with generating, transforming, and manipulating information and the knowledge accumulated through experience and education (the expertise an individual acquires) (Salthouse, 2010).

decline

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An adult who increases their knowledge base:

With the ability to work at their own pace

Minimizes cognitive load.



Retention of new information

New learning takes place.