It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: Aging, individual differences, and attention control
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University of Illinois , United States
In this talk I will briefly review some of the current theories of aging that have inspired my work, and then present several examples of data from our laboratory highlighting some of the mechanisms that underlie changes in frontal function in aging. Data will be presented that speak to age-related changes in brain activity within the frontal lobes, exerting top-down control, and to activity in areas that may be at the receiving end of the control. This work takes advantage of the integration of a number of imaging modalities (including event-related brain potentials, structural and functional MR and optical imaging). It also exploits individual differences in working memory capacity, anatomy and fitness to examine whether there are discontinuities in the aging process, their behavioral and anatomical consequences, as well as factors that may hold promise for staving off the negative effects of aging.
References
1. Schneider-Garces et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience in press
2. Gordon et al. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, 825-838
Conference:
The 20th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference, The frontal lobes, Toronto, Canada, 22 Mar - 26 Mar, 2010.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Symposium 7: Aging
Citation:
Fabiani
M
(2010). It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: Aging, individual differences, and attention control.
Conference Abstract:
The 20th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference, The frontal lobes.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.14.00029
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Received:
25 Jun 2010;
Published Online:
25 Jun 2010.
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Correspondence:
Monica Fabiani, University of Illinois, Urbana, United States, mfabiani@illinois.edu