注意:累积生活压力的代价仅适用于老年人
Guyan Sloane1, Riccardo Russo1,2, Amanda Marshall3
1Department of Psychology and Centre for Brain Science, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK.
概括
累积的终身压力,而不仅仅是年龄,显著影响了老年人的注意力. 高压的老年人与低压的老年人和年轻人相比,在注意力眼任务中表现较差.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 衰老的神经科学 衰老的神经科学
- 压力和认知能力
背景情况:
- 与年轻人相比,老年人经常表现出认知能力下降.
- 高度的终身压力与老年人的工作记忆和抑制能力较差有关.
- 压力和年龄对注意力的影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究年龄和终身压力对注意力表现的综合影响.
- 为了确定终身压力是否会加剧与年龄相关的注意力缺陷.
- 探索压力在时间表年龄之外的认知衰老中的作用.
主要方法:
- 一个在学科内的,横截面的在线研究.
- 141名参与者 (85名30岁以下,56名60岁以上) 完成了注意力闪任务.
- 参与者报告了终身压力,感知压力和状态焦虑;使用线性混合模型和贝叶斯因子分析的数据.
主要成果:
- 年龄和终身压力都显著预测了注意力表现.
- 高度生活压力的老年人在注意力闪任务中表现得比低压力的老年人和年轻人更糟糕.
- 结果支持这样一个假设:累积的压力会对衰老中的注意力产生负面影响.
结论:
- 压力和年龄之间的相互作用会影响注意力表现,并可能影响其他认知领域.
- 老化中的注意力下降可能会被累积的压力加剧,这表明它不仅仅是老化不可避免的后果.
- 针对减轻压力的干预措施可以缓解与年龄相关的认知衰退.
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