抑制调解了年龄队列和基于虚拟现实的前性记忆之间的关系
Michael D Barnett1,2, Carmen Jia-Wen Chek1,2
1Aging, Neuropsychology, and Technology (ANT) Lab, Memory Assessment and Research Center, Department of Psychology and Counseling, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, United States of America.
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology
|August 21, 2023
概括
与年轻人相比,老年人表现出较低的潜在记忆性能. 这种差异与抑制能力的减少有关,这是一个关键的执行功能,影响日常任务完成.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 预期记忆对于日常运作至关重要,但在临床上受到的关注有限.
- 执行功能与前性记忆有关,在两者中都观察到与年龄相关的差异.
- 研究与年龄相关的潜在记忆衰退及其执行功能调解器是临床相关的.
研究的目的:
- 检查预期记忆中的年龄队列差异.
- 为了确定执行功能,特别是抑制,是否调解这些年龄差异.
- 探索认知灵活性在跨年龄组的前性记忆中的作用.
主要方法:
- 招募了108名健康参与者 (53名年轻人,55名老年人).
- 神经心理测试包括MMSE-2-SV,WCST-64,D-KEFS CWIT和VKP.
- 评估了前性记忆,抑制和认知灵活性.
主要成果:
- 年轻的成年人在前性记忆任务中表现优于老年人.
- 通过D-KEFS CWIT评估的抑制显著介导了年龄队列和前性记忆之间的关系.
- 认知灵活性没有显示中介作用.
结论:
- 老年人抑制能力下降可能导致潜在记忆性能较差.
- 执行功能缺陷,特别是在抑制方面,与与年龄相关的潜在记忆力下降有关.
- 了解这些机制可以为老年人提供干预信息.
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