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Does typing get worse with age? Separating speed and accuracy

While reaction time naturally slows with age, decreasing around 15% per decade after 30, studies show that older adults tend to maintain high accuracy despite a drop in speed. This challenges the common assumption that typing gets worse with age, revealing a more nuanced trade-off between speed and precision based on different cognitive strategies.

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