互感衰老和对心理生理过程的影响:系统性审查
Gaby Pfeifer1, Sophie Cawkwell2
1School of Psychology, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.
概括
衰老会影响整感觉,对身体内部信号的意识,对灵敏度有不同的影响. 年长的成年人表现出改变的心身联系,表明健康的衰退和补偿机制.
科学领域:
- 神经科学和心理学 神经科学和心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 心理生理学 心理生理学
背景情况:
- 感官内接,感知身体内部的状态,对身体和精神健康至关重要.
- 衰老与整体感知能力下降有关,但研究往往只关注有限的方面.
- 了解与年龄相关的整体感知变化对于全球人口老龄化和健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和综合研究关于与年龄相关的整体感受变化.
- 研究这些变化对老年人心理生理过程的影响.
- 为了确定整感衰老的模式及其对福祉的影响.
主要方法:
- 对22项研究的系统综述,这些研究检查了跨年龄组的整感觉敏感性.
- 分析与年龄相关的差异,增加,下降,以及整体受理中的曲线关系.
- 检查与老年人的整体感知变化相关的心理生理模式.
主要成果:
- 观察到与年龄相关的多样化整体感知变化:48.4%显示下降,32.3%没有差异,16.13%增加,3.23%呈反转U形.
- 老年人表现出改变的心身联系,减少高兴奋和增加积极的情绪体验.
- 认知保护效应和改善的身体表现与老化中的更好的整体感知灵敏度相关.
结论:
- 互感衰老呈现出衰退和补偿机制的复杂相互作用.
- 在衰老过程中改变的身体-心灵连接会影响情绪体验和认知功能.
- 未来的研究应该探索整个生命周期的整体感知维度,以优化老年人的福祉和健康行为.
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