在老化的大脑中,大规模抑制不确定性调整
Julian Q Kosciessa1,2,3, Ulrich Mayr4, Ulman Lindenberger5,6
1Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, Berlin, Germany. kosciessa@mpib-berlin.mpg.de.
Nature communications
|December 23, 2024
概括
老年人对不确定性的适应能力降低,影响知觉和决策. 保持这种调整与在衰老中更好的认知控制有关.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 人类寿命发展 人类寿命发展
背景情况:
- 优先考虑相关信息对于整个生命的适应性行为至关重要.
- 相关性的不确定性需要动态的认知控制,这种控制随着年龄的增长而下降.
- 不确定性处理中与年龄相关的变化背后的神经机制尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 研究老龄化如何影响感知和决策中的不确定性调整.
- 识别与与年龄相关的变化相关的神经机制在处理模两可的信息.
- 探索老年人不确定性调整和认知控制中的个人差异之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在一生中对100名成年人进行横截面研究.
- 行为建模来评估不确定性调整.
- 电生理学 (EEG),功能磁共振成像 (fMRI) 和瞳孔测量以捕获神经和生理特征.
主要成果:
- 作为一个群体,老年人与年轻人相比,对不确定性的调整有所减弱.
- 与年轻人相似的不确定性调制的个体老年人表现出更好的认知控制.
- 确定了特定的神经机制,与成年期灵活的认知功能相关联.
结论:
- 老龄化与对不确定性的适应能力降低有关,影响知觉和决策.
- 维持特定的神经机制对于在整个成年期保持认知灵活性,感知和决策能力至关重要.
- 不确定性调整中的个体变异性可能预测在衰老中保持认知控制.
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