Based on their review, the bank received final permission from the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision to begin Internet operations. SecureWare Inc. of Atlanta developed the trusted operating system Security First uses. Jay Harrell, Information Technology and Telecommunications Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332. Researchers in the relatively new field of cognitive aging, such as Georgia Tech's Timothy Salthouse, are attempting to understand the causes of these age-related differences. Causes are of two types, he says.
Proximal causes are evident when one is older.
They correspond to behavioral differences observed at the time of testing that may affect level of performance. Examples are the strategy used to remember information, or how quickly a person can carry out relevant processing operations. Salthouse and his colleagues have investigated both types of causes of age-related differences in memory and other cognitive activities. One project investigated spatial abilities in a sample of architects. A student currently is working on a project examining relationships between age and memory for music among musicians.