Neural correlates of source memory retrieval in young, middle-aged and elderly adults.
Biol Psychol
; 90(1): 33-49, 2012 Apr.
Article
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| ID: mdl-22366225
Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded in young (21-27 years old), middle-aged (50-57 years old) and older adults (70-77 years old) to determine whether the decline in source memory that occurs with advancing age coincides with contemporaneous neurophysiological changes. Source memory for the spatial location (quadrant on the screen) of images presented during encoding was examined. The images were shown in the center of the screen during the retrieval task. Retrieval success for source information was characterized by different scalp topographies at frontal electrode sites in young adults relative to middle-aged and older adults. The right frontal effect during unsuccessful retrieval attempts showed amplitude and latency differences across age groups and was related to the ability to discriminate between old and new images only in young adults. These results suggest that the neural correlates of the retrieval success and attempt were affected by age and these effects were present by middle-age.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tempo de Reação
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Rememoração Mental
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Envelhecimento
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Reconhecimento Psicológico
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Potenciais Evocados
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Memória
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Psychol
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
México
País de publicação:
Holanda