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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Gerontology

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  • Normal aging is linked to changes in brain morphology, metabolism, and cognition, especially in frontal regions.
  • The frontal lobe hypothesis of cognitive aging (West, 1996) posits age-related declines in frontal functions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review changes in frontal lobe functions during normal aging based on Stuss's neuroanatomical model.
  • To identify specific cognitive abilities affected or preserved with age.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review focusing on studies examining executive control, self-regulation, energization, and meta-cognitive functions.
  • Analysis of neuroanatomical models of frontal lobe functions.

Main Results:

  • Deterioration observed in flexibility, inhibition, planning, verbal fluency, implicit decision-making, and theory of mind (second-order and affective).
  • A general reduction in processing speed is noted in normal aging.
  • Preserved functions include automatic inhibition, certain flexibility capacities, and first-order theory of mind.

Conclusions:

  • Normal aging involves selective changes in frontal systems, not a global cognitive decline.
  • Findings have implications for designing interventions and care programs for older adults.