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It is a question that also interests Dr. Neil Charness, a University of Waterloo psycholoâ€" gist â€" and he has studied it through a variety of research projects Do workers lose their efficiency with age? This is a question that has long interested management people, personnel departâ€" ments, unions and the workers themselves, both white and blue collar. UW PROFESSOR FINDS: By Josee Dufthues comve\e with a skilled Experienced elderly can still do the job they are up against something that is very unfamiliar, but says they may outperform younger workers where a background of skill and experience can be called into play. They may not pick up a new job as quickly when they can‘t call upon such a backâ€" ground. Though memory does appear to worsen with age, Dr. Charness notes that there is a tradeâ€"off between level of skill and age. For tirement age. s *‘What this means in terms of doing a job is simply that where the worker‘s performance is related to a large knowledge base, expeâ€" rience and skill will determine how well the job gets done, rather than age,"‘ he conâ€" cludes. He admits older peoâ€" ple may not do as well as younger ones when younger player even _thm_xgh he or she may normal reâ€" and skill, giving them instead new tasks to perform. For instance, some of this research, he says, has involved askâ€" ing older people to compete with younger ones in the task of memorizing lists of Dr. Charness feels his research is conâ€" tributing significant inâ€" formation relating to the aging process, parâ€" ticularly since other research into the effecâ€" tiveness of older workers has tended, he says, to discriminate against them; that is, it hasn‘t permitted them to make use of their background knowledge young unskilled player. 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