年龄,性别和教育对任务执行和前额叶皮层在情感和非情感语言流性测试中的处理的影响
1Department of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Brain and language
|September 25, 2023
概括
年龄,性别和教育等人口因素会影响口语流性测试. 情感语义流性测试 (SFT) 显示,与非情感任务相比,在表现和前额叶皮层 (PFC) 处理上有明显的人口影响.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 语言流利性测试评估词汇访问和执行功能.
- 情感语义流性测试 (SFT) 独特地涉及情感处理.
- 人口统计学对SFT表现和神经认知的影响尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查年龄,性别和教育如何影响情感和非情感SFT的表现.
- 为了检查这些人口变量的影响前额叶皮层 (PFC) 在SFTs期间的激活.
- 为了比较情感和非情感SFTs之间的人口影响.
主要方法:
- 133名广东语成年人 (18-79岁) 完成了非情感和情感的SFT.
- 功能近红外光谱 (fNIRS) 测量了任务期间的PFC激活.
- 统计分析检查了人口统计,证券交易业绩和PFC活动之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 高等教育与更好的非情绪性SFT表现相关.
- 年龄较小,女性性别和高等教育预测了更好的情感SFT表现.
- 年龄显著调节PFC激活在两种SFT类型中都类似.
结论:
- 人口变量对情绪和非情绪型证券交易法有不同的影响.
- 在PFC中与年龄相关的神经重组在SFT变体中是一致的.
- 情绪SFT表现是独特的年龄,性别和教育的形状.
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