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  • 1Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. finnigan.simon@gmail.com

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuropsychology
  • Aging Research

Background:

  • Aging is associated with cognitive decline, particularly in attention and memory encoding.
  • Understanding the neural mechanisms underlying these age-related deficits is crucial for developing interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related differences in attention and encoding processes.
  • To explore the interaction between attention and encoding deficits in older adults.
  • To identify electrophysiological markers (event-related potentials) of these age-related cognitive changes.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of visual event-related potentials (ERPs) using a modified Sternberg word recognition task.
  • Comparison of ERPs between young and older adult participants.
  • Correlation analysis between ERP components (P1, N1, P2) and task accuracy, controlling for age.

Main Results:

  • Younger adults exhibited higher accuracy and shorter P1 latency, suggesting more efficient attentional suppression.
  • Older adults showed larger N1 amplitudes and P2 amplitudes, with P2 latency correlating with accuracy, indicating age-related changes in semantic encoding.
  • P1 and P2 latency measures were identified as potential electrophysiological markers of age-related attention and encoding decrements.

Conclusions:

  • Age-related decrements in attention (indexed by P1) and encoding (indexed by P2) likely contribute to overall cognitive decline in aging.
  • Event-related potential measures, specifically P1 and P2 latency, may serve as sensitive indicators of age-related cognitive changes.