生活的目的和认知功能:证据表明日常生活中的瞬间关联
Angelina R Sutin1, Martina Luchetti1, Alyssa A Gamaldo2
1Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
Innovation in aging
|March 21, 2024
概括
在日常生活中体验到更大的目标感与更快的认知处理速度有关. 这一发现表明,目标可能会支持大脑健康,特别是在中年和老年成人时期.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 老龄化心理学的心理学
背景情况:
- 生活中的目的感与老年人更好的认知功能有关.
- 研究正在探索瞬间的目的与认知表现之间的内在联系.
研究的目的:
- 研究目的和认知功能的波动之间的实时关系.
- 为旨在维护认知健康的基于目的的干预提供初步证据.
主要方法:
- 303名成年人 (54%女性,平均年龄51.71) 在8天内完成了每天3次智能手机评估.
- 评估包括瞬间的目的和认知任务 (处理速度,工作记忆).
- 分析数据时考虑了个人,时间和上下文因素以及实践效应.
主要成果:
- 更高的瞬间目的与显著更快的处理速度相关 (p < .001).
- 瞬间的目的没有显著影响视觉工作记忆 (p = .475).
- 暂时的积极影响 (快乐) 与认知表现无关.
结论:
- 在日常生活中增加目标感可能会提高认知处理速度.
- 研究结果支持基于目的的干预措施促进认知健康的潜力,特别是在过渡到老年成人时期.
- 这项研究为针对目的的干预提供了早期支持,以减轻与年龄相关的认知衰退.
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