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More recently, research has revealed certain cognitive tasks produce a synchrony effect, in which participants perform better during their preferred time of day. Older adults tend to prefer morning activities while younger adults prefer afternoon or evening. Forty-eight young adults, ages 18-35 (&lt;italic&gt;M&lt;/italic&gt; = 20.7) and 25 older adults, ages 60-84 (&lt;italic&gt;M&lt;/italic&gt;= 71.4) completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Block 2005 Brief Food Questionnaire, the Repeatable Battery for Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), and prose passage recall. Synchrony effects were supported for RBANS List Recognition, Figure Copy, and Figure Recall. No synchrony effect was observed for prose recall. 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