There might be. This paper (1) indicates that the apparent decline with age exhibited on certain vocabulary processing decision speed tests is consistent with o

There might be. This paper (1) indicates that the apparent decline with age exhibited on certain vocabulary processing decision speed tests is consistent with older subjects having richer data sets to evaluate, rather than a degradation of processing capacity. This result seems like a specific instance of what Stross discussed in his blog post. (1) http://www.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~hbaayen/publications/RamscarEtAlMentLex2013.pdf http://www.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~hbaayen/publications/Ramsca...