Dr. Cerella's research is concerned with the effects of adult age on human information-processing rates. The aims of Dr. Cerella's current research are to describe and model cognitive aging in terms of the factors that regulate the rates of learning and forgetting, and to describe age differences in the relative efficiency of selected forms of skill learning. Of particular interest is an assessment of the extent to which rate effects are general rather than process-specific.

Verhaeghen, P., & Cerella, J. (2002). Aging, executive control, and attention: A review of meta-analyses. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 26, 849-857.

Verhaeghen, P., Cerella, J., Semenec, S. C.; Leo, M. E., Bopp, K. L., &. Steitz, D. W. (2002). Cognitive efficiency modes in old age: Performance on sequential and coordinative verbal and visuo-spatial tasks. Psychology and Aging, 17, 558-570.

Cerella, J. (1996). Reaction time. In J. E. Birren (Ed), Encyclopedia of aging: A comprehensive resource in gerontology and geriatrics (pp. 792-795). San Diego: Academic press.

Cerella, J., & Hale, S. (1994). The rise and fall in information processing rates over the life-span. Acta Psychologica, 86 , 109-197.

Cerella, J. (1994). Generalized slowing in Brinley plots. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 49, P65-P71.

Cerella, J., Rybash, J. M., Hoyer, W. J., & Commons, M. (1993). (Eds.). Adult information processing: Limits on loss. San Diego: Academic Press.

Baron, J. A., & Cerella, J. (1993). Laboratory tests of the disuse account of cognitive decline. In J. Cerella, J. M. Rybash, W. J. Hoyer, & M. Commons (1993). Adult information processing: Limits on loss (pp. 175-203). San Diego: Academic Press.