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Relationship Between Habitual Use and Degree of Emotion Regulation: Age Differences in Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Kei Oriyama, Kyoko Mukai, Kazuhiro Harada, Kouhei Masumoto
The present study examined age differences in and the relationship between two indices of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression: the degree of emotion regulation and the habitual use of ...
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Hippocampal Subregions Volume and Texture for the Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Tongpeng Chu, Yajun Liu, Bin Gui, Zhongsheng Zhang, Gang Zhang, Fanghui Dong, Jianli Dong, Shujuan Lin
The aim was to examine the diagnostic efficacy of hippocampal subregions volume and texture in differentiating amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from normal aging changes. Ninety MCI subject...
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Examining the Utility of a Multiple Group Membership Intervention for Alleviating the Effects of Age-Based Stereotype Threat on Older adults’ Memory Performance Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Giverny J. Parker, Catherine Haslam, Jaimee Stuart, David H. K. Shum, Tamara Ownsworth
This study examined the effectiveness of a multiple group membership intervention for reducing the negative effects of age-based stereotype threat (ABST) on older adults’ objective memory performan...
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Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories are Associated with Negative Affect in Younger and Older Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Kendra Mehl, Alaine E. Reschke-Hernandez, Julien Hanson, Lauren Linhardt, Jessica Frame, Matthew Dew, Elizabeth Kickbusch, Chase Johnson, Elena Bai, Amy M. Belfi
Music evokes strong and persistent emotional responses. However, the mechanisms underlying the emotional effects of music, particularly in older adults, are largely unknown. One purported mechanism...
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Exposure to Memory-Relevant versus Memory-Irrelevant Aging Stereotypes Differentially Affects Memory Self-Perceptions and Memory Test Scores of Young, Middle, and Older Age Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Tara T. Lineweaver, Annie C. Wetli, Coty Nicoson, Ashley J. Tucker, Christopher Hertzog
This study examined the combined influence of assimilation and contrast effects on the memory self-efficacy and objective memory of young (ages 18–25, n = 114), middle-age (ages 26–59, n = 48), and...
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Congruent Prosody Reduces Cognitive Effort in Memory for Spoken Sentences: A Pupillometric Study with Young and Older Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Ryan M. O’Leary, Nicole M. Amichetti, Zoe Brown, Alexander J. Kinney, Arthur Wingfield
In spite of declines in working memory and other processes, older adults generally maintain good ability to understand and remember spoken sentences. In part this is due to preserved knowledge of l...
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COPD, Dietary Fiber Intake, and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study from NHANES 2011-2014 Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Songlan Liang, Xu Han, Shuang Diao, Hui Li
This study aimed to evaluate the modifying role of dietary fiber intake in the relationship between COPD and cognitive performance.Data of adults aged ≥60 years were extracted from the National Hea...
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The Effects of Vitamin D on Movement and Cognitive Function in Senile Mice After Sevoflurane Anaesthesia Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Jialei Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang, Jun Zhao, Jie Wu
Vitamin D (VD) is a neuroactive steroid involved in many brain functions, such as neurotrophic, neuroimmune control and neurotransmission, which affects the growth and function of the brain. The pu...
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The Relationship Between Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms Among Jordanian Community-Dwelling Older Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Malakeh. Z. Malak, Anas H. Khalifeh
The current study aimed to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and quality of life among Jordanian community-dwelling older adults.A cross-sectional, descriptive correlational desi...
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Effects of Bioceramic Material and Colored Light Irradiation on Learning and Memory in Aging Rats Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Ting-Kai Leung, Yu-Chen Chen, Ming-Wei Chao, Chia-Yi Tseng
Aging is characterized by molecular damage from free radicals, leading to neural dysfunction and memory impairment. This study investigated using bioceramic material and colored light to mitigate n...
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Effect of Autonomy and Physical Activity on Self-Rated Health of Older Adults in India: Gendered Analysis Using Structural Equation Models Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Bevin Vijayan, Dipti Govil, Harihar Sahoo
The gendered expectations and responsibilities placed upon women can impede their ability to participate in social activities and engage in physical leisure pursuits, ultimately having a negative i...
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Does the Sensory Experience of Words Boost Recollection in Aging? Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Aurélia Bugaiska, Arnaud Witt, Patrick Bonin
We examine age-related differences in recollection and test the impact of words with high vs low sensory experience ratings (SER) in older and younger adults. We expected that the recollection of w...
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Age-Related Changes in the Utilization of Visual Information for Collision Prediction: A Study Using an Affordance-Based Model Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Kazuyuki Sato, Kazunobu Fukuhara, Takahiro Higuchi
The ability to predict collisions with moving objects deteriorates with aging. We followed the affordance-based model to identify optical variables that older adults had difficulty using for collis...
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Effect of Perceptions of Future Time on Implicit and Explicit Memory in Older Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Aurélia Bugaiska, Patrick Bonin, Julie Ferreira, Arnaud Witt
We examine age-related differences in implicit and explicit memory tasks, and test the impact of future time perspectives on priming and cued recall.We induced time perspective in young (limited-ti...
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Effects of Interviewer Age on the Reminiscence Bump in Older adults’ Autobiographical Memories Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Yoko Sakata
This study aims to investigate whether the reminiscence bump in older adults’ autobiographical memory is influenced by the interviewer’s age. Methods: I arranged four interviewer.child, university ...
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The Association of Social Support, Depression, and Loneliness with Health-Related of Quality Life in Over 50 Years Adults: Ardakan Cohort Study on Ageing (ACSA) Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Ahmad Delbari, Isa Akbarzadeh, Mohammad Saatchi, Fatemeh-Sadat Tabatabaei, Mohammad Bidkhori, Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Reza Mohseni-Bandpey, Elham Hooshmand
Social factors play a crucial role in the quality of life of + 50 adults. This study aimed to investigate the association between social support, depression, and loneliness and the health-related q...
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Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] Levels as a Predictor of Depressive Symptoms: Evidence from Community-Dwelling Older Adults Population in Mexico City Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Graciela Llanos-Becerra, Eduardo Dávila-Godínez, Norma Torres-Carrillo, Oscar Rosas-Carrasco, Elena Sandoval-Pinto, Raúl Beltrán-Ramírez, Nora Magdalena Torres-Carrillo
The purpose of this study was to assess the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and depressive symptoms in Mexican older adults 70 years and older.A total of 326 adults a...
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Aging in 10 Minutes: Do Age Simulation Suits Mimic Physical Decline in Old Age? Comparing Experimental Data with Established Reference Data Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Thomas H. Gerhardy, Anna Schlomann, Hans-Werner Wahl, Katja Mombaur, Lizeth H. Sloot, Laura I. Schmidt
ABSTRACT Introduction Age simulation suits are increasingly used in health care education. However, empirical evidence that quantifies the simulated performance losses in established geriatric tests and compares those declines with reference data of older adults is scarce. Methods In a standardized lab setting, we compared performance of N = 61 participants (46 middle-aged, 15 young adults) with and
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An Investigation of Affective Personality Traits in Alzheimer’s Disease: SEEKING as a Possible Predictor for Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Dementia Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Ezgi Soncu Buyukiscan, Elif Yildirim, Asli Demirtas-Tatlidede, Basar Bilgic, Hakan Gurvit
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of the current study was to investigate affective personality traits in Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition mainly characterized by episodic memory impairment. Method The sample included 69 participants from 3 diagnostic categories. Twenty-five participants were diagnosed with subjective cognitive impairment (SCI), 26 participants were diagnosed with mild cognitive
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The Role of Autobiographical Resilience Memories in Emotion Regulation: An Account of Age Differences in Mnemonic and Positive Reappraisal Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Irina Orlovsky, Rebecca E. Ready, Angela Gutchess, Kristin Heideman, Bruna Martins-Klein
ABSTRACT A lifetime of resilience through emotionally challenging experiences may benefit older adults, lending to emotion regulation mastery with time. Yet the influence of autobiographical experiences on momentary reappraisal, the reinterpretation of negative stimuli as more positive, has never been empirically tested. This online study examined the extent to which associating life memories of resilience
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How Distracting Events Influence Young and Older adults’ Arithmetic Performance? Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Patrick Lemaire
ABSTRACT In this study, I investigated the role of distraction on arithmetic performance and whether this role changes with aging during adulthood. Young and older adults were asked to verify one-digit addition problems (Expt. 1) or to estimate the results of two-digit multiplication problems (Expt. 2). In both experiments, true and false simple problems (Expt. 1) or easier and harder complex problems
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Therapeutic Effects Of Combined and Chronic Treatment of Tat-GluA23y and D-Serine on Cognitive Dysfunction in Postmenopausal Rats Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Parvin Babaei, Shirin Javer, Mahmood Abedinzade
ABSTRACT Background The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in female gender compared with male has been addressed as a health concern, particularly in menopausal age. We here hypothesized that co-administration of NMDARs agonist (D-serine) and AMPARs endocytosis inhibitor (Tat-GluA23y) might be a potential target for alleviating memory impairment in sporadic Alzheimer model of rats. Methods Forty-eight
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Role of Emotion Reactivity to Predict Facial Emotion Recognition Changes with Aging Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Noah Hamlin, Katrina Myers, Brittany K. Taylor, Gaelle E. Doucet
ABSTRACT Emotional intelligence includes an assortment of factors related to emotion function. Such factors involve emotion recognition (in this case via facial expression), emotion trait, reactivity, and regulation. We aimed to investigate how the subjective appraisals of emotional intelligence (i.e. trait, reactivity, and regulation) are associated with objective emotion recognition accuracy, and
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Evaluation of Affective Touch: A Comparison Between Two Groups of Younger and Older Females Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Carina Schlintl, Anne Schienle
ABSTRACT Background Caress-like touch activates C-tactile (CT) afferents present in the skin of humans. It is generally assumed that this type of touch provides beneficial effects throughout the lifespan. However, little is known about its processing in later adulthood. Moreover, emotional responses to interpersonal vs. self-touch have not been investigated in older adults. Method A total of 132 females
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Behavioral and Neurological Effects of Edaravone and Noscapine in Albino Wistar Rats Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Mamsa Rumaiza Hafizur Rehman, Angel Pavalu Godad, Gaurav Mahesh Doshi
ABSTRACT Objective The purpose of the study was to explore Edaravone and Noscapine in anAlCl3-induced Alzheimer’s disease (AD) model. Methods Morris Water Maze (MWM), Novel Object Recognition (NOR), andY-maze tests with TNF-α, IL-1, IL-6, amyloid-β, CAT, SOD and MDAlevels were performed, followed by brain histology. Results On the probe trial, the MWM demonstrated a decrease in escape latencyfollowed
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Validity and Reliability of Work Ability Index in Turkish Context: Inter-Level, Direct, and Indirect Relations with Job Satisfaction and Task Performance Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Alptekin Develİ, Mustafa Fedai Çavuş
ABSTRACT Descriptive research on work ability is well advanced. However, literature is still far from explaining its consequences. Besides, Turkish literature has been quite limited in terms of considering the work ability concept. In the research, the work ability index, and task performance scale were adapted to Turkish. The research was patterned with quantitative method. According to findings,
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Age-Related Differences in Decision-Making: Evidence Accumulation is More Gradual in Older Age Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Eva Marie Wieschen, Aalim Makani, Stefan T. Radev, Andreas Voss, Julia Spaniol
ABSTRACT Older adults tend to exhibit longer response times than younger adults in choice tasks across cognitive domains, such as perception, attention, and memory. The diffusion model has emerged as a standard model for analyzing age differences in choice behavior. Applications of the diffusion model to choice data from younger and older adults indicate that age-related slowing is driven by a more
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Secular Changes in Masters Swimming Performances: A 40-Year Follow Up Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Alan A. Hartley, Joellen T. Hartley
ABSTRACT Archival records of US Masters Swimming performances were examined for changes between 1981 and 2021. Both national records and top 10 swimmers were used. Substantial secular changes were found averaging 0.52%/yr, with women improving more than men and with improvements in national records greater than in the top 10. Performances by women in 2021 were at parity (national records) or near parity
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Age-Related Differences in Framing Selective Memory in Terms of Gains and Losses Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Dillon H. Murphy, Alan D. Castel, Barbara J. Knowlton
ABSTRACT We examined whether framing younger and older adults learning goals in terms of maximizing gains or minimizing losses impacts their ability to selectively remember high-value information. Specifically, we presented younger and older adults with lists of words paired with point values and participants were either told that they would receive the value associated with each word if they recalled
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Emotional State of Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the Cognitive and Social Well-Being (CoSoWELL) Corpus Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-04 Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen, Victor Kuperman
ABSTRACT Objectives In view of the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, psychologists face a challenge to document the pandemic-related change in emotional well-being of individuals and groups and evaluate the emotional response to this fallout over time. Methodsp We contribute to this goal by analyzing the new CoSoWELL corpus (version 2.0), an 1.8 million-word collection of narratives written by over
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Absent Relations of Religious Coping to Telomere Length in African American and White Women and Men Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Jason J. Ashe, Michele K. Evans, Alan B. Zonderman, Shari R. Waldstein
ABSTRACT Objectives This study investigated whether race and sex moderated the relations of religious coping to telomere length (TL), a biomarker of cellular aging implicated in race-related health disparities. Methods Participant data were drawn from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study, which included 252 socioeconomically diverse African American and
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Exploring Effects of Age on Conflict Processing in the Light of Practice in a Large-Scale Dataset Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Fabiola Reiber, Rolf Ulrich
ABSTRACT Introduction The possible decline of cognitive functions with age has been in the focus of cognitive research in the last decades. The present study investigated effects of aging on conflict processing in a big dataset of a Stroop-inspired online training task. Methods We focused on the temporal dynamics of conflict processing in the light of task practice by means of inspecting delta plots
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Effects of Ocimum basilicum L. Extract on Hippocampal Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and BDNF Expression in Amnesic Aged Rats Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Farimah Beheshti, Arefeh Vakilian, Mohsen Navari, Mostafa Zare Moghaddam, Hossein Dinpanah, S. Mohammad Ahmadi-Soleimani
ABSTRACT The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of Ocimum basilicum L. (OB) extract on learning and memory impairment in aged rats. Male rats were divided into the following experimental groups: Group 1 (control): including 2 months old rats, Group 2 (aged) including 2 years old rats, Groups 3–5 (aged-OB): including 2 years old rats received 50, 100, and 150 mg/kg OB for 8 weeks
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Semantic Priming from Uncued Distractors in Alzheimer’s Disease Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-23 Julie A. Higgins, William Milberg, Regina McGlinchey
ABSTRACT Research Question Are semantic impairments in Alzheimer's disease (AD) partially due to deficits in spatial attention? Methods and Results In a target detection task, both older adults (OAs) and AD individuals were facilitated by valid spatial cues, but only OAs were impaired by invalid cues compared to neutral. In a reading task, spatial cues validly or invalidly cued the location of pictures
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The body of evidence of late-life depression: the complex relationship between depressive symptoms, movement, dyspnea and cognition Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Martino Belvederi Murri, Federico Triolo, Alice Coni, Erika Nerozzi, Pasqualino Maietta Latessa, Silvia Fantozzi, Nicola Padula, Andrea Escelsior, Barbara Assirelli, Giuliano Ermini, Luigi Bagnoli, Donato Zocchi, Aderville Cabassi, Stefano Tedeschi, Giulio Toni, Rabih Chattat, Ferdinando Tripi, Francesca Neviani, Marco Bertolotti, Alessandro Cremonini, Klea D. Bertakis, Mario Amore, Lorenzo Chiari
ABSTRACT Background Physical symptoms play an important role in late-life depression and may contribute to residual symptomatology after antidepressant treatment. In this exploratory study, we examined the role of specific bodily dimensions including movement, respiratory functions, fear of falling, cognition, and physical weakness in older people with depression. Methods Clinically stable older patients
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Individual and Age Differences in Item and Context Memory Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Kyle G. Featherston, Sandra Hale, Joel Myerson
ABSTRACT We investigated whether individuals who are good at recognizing previously presented items are also good at recognizing the context in which items were presented. We focused specifically on whether the relation between item recognition and context recognition abilities differs in younger and older adults. It has been hypothesized that context memory declines more rapidly in older adults due
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Depressive Symptoms are Associated with Decline Over Time in Verbal Fluency Performance in Female but Not Male Community-Dwelling Older Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Jessica S. Wasserman, Roee Holtzer
ABSTRACT Objective The current study was designed to examine associations between depressive symptoms and longitudinal declines in category and letter fluency performance in a gender-stratified sample of older adults. Method Participants were community-residing older adults (females: n = 289; males: n = 233) followed annually (2011–2018) as part of a cohort study conducted at Albert Einstein College
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Factors Related to Recurrent Falls Among Older Adults Attending Primary Health Care: A Biopsychosocial Perspective Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Daiane Aparecida Damasceno, Gabriel Ferreira Aleixo, Jean Barbosa Luciano, Claudio Mardey Nogueira, Juliana Martins Pinto
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to investigate factors related to recurrent falls among older adults attending primary health care, considering the biopsychosocial perspective. A representative sample of 201 older adults were interviewed in three Primary Health Care units randomly selected in a city in southeastern Brazil. Outcome included self-report of two or more falls in the past 12 months
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Social frailty among older adults in India: Findings from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) – Wave 1 Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Cv Irshad, Dipti Govil, Harihar Sahoo
ABSTRACT Background From an individual’s perspective, social frailty may act as a key determinant of social capital, which is essential for meeting social needs and improvement of overall wellbeing. The present study aimed to understand the social frailty and its determining factors among Indian older adults. Methods Data from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI)-wave 1 was used. For the assessment
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Increase in Linguistic Complexity in Older Adults During COVID-19 Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Megan Karabin, Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen, Victor Kuperman
ABSTRACT The reported psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures included a decline in cognitive functioning in older adults. Cognitive functioning is known to correlate with the lexical and syntactic complexity of an individual’s linguistic productions. We examined written narratives from the CoSoWELL corpus (v 1.0), collected from over 1,000 U.S. and Canadian
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Interoception, Affect, and Cognition in Older Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Marcus Haustein, Emily B.K. Thomas, Kodi Scheer, Natalie L. Denburg
ABSTRACT Interoception is the detection of signals that arise from within the body. Interoceptive sensitivity has been found to be associated with affect and cognition among younger adults, and examination of these relationships in older adult samples is beginning to emerge. Here, we take an exploratory approach to determine how demographic, affective, and cognitive variables relate to interoceptive
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The Effect of Central Sensitization on Postoperative Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Hospitalized Elderly Patients: A Prospective Cohort Clinical Trial Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Lili Yu, Dongliang Yang, Qi Zhou, Chunping Yin, Qi Zhang, Wei Li, Jiaxu Yu, Qiujun Wang
To investigate whether central sensitization (CS) in elderly patients was a predictive risk factor for postoperative neurocognitive dysfunction (PNCD).One hundred and thirty-three aged patients und...
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The Relationship Between Older Adults’ Subjective Age and Perceived Effort on Cognitive Tasks Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Meltem Karaca, Lisa Geraci, Robert Tirso, Jonathan Aube
Although engagement in cognitively-demanding activities is beneficial for older adults, research suggests that older adults may be less motivated to engage in these types of activities because of t...
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Lack of Interaction Motivation in Older Adults Automatically Reduces Cognitive Empathy Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Binghai Sun, Zhenbing Luo, Xiaoyu Zhu, Yuting Shao, Wenhai Zhang, Guihua Qin, Shuwei Lin, Simin Wan
Empathy, the ability to understand and respond to the experiences of others, is an important skill for maintaining good relationships throughout one’s life. Previous research indicated that emotion...
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Working Memory Precision and Associative Binding in Mild Cognitive Impairment Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Yajun Jia, Steven Woltering, Nicolaas E. P. Deutz, Mariëlle P.K. J. Engelen, Kimberly S. Coyle, Maria R. Maio, Masud Husain, Zhong-Xu Liu
To better understand working memory (WM) deficits in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), we examined information precision and associative binding in WM in 21 participants with MCI, compared to 16 hea...
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Age-Related Differences in Overcoming Interference When Selectively Remembering Important Information Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Dillon H. Murphy, Alan D. Castel
We examined the effects of interference on value-based memory in younger and older adults by presenting participants with lists of words paired with point values counting toward their score if reca...
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Digital Methods for Performing Daily Tasks Among Older Adults: An Initial Report of Frequency of Use and Perceived Utility Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-05 Jared F. Benge, Alyssa Aguirre, Michael K. Scullin, Andrew Kiselica, Robin C. Hilsabeck, David Paydarfar, Edison Thomaz, Michael Douglas
Digital technologies permit new ways of performing instrumental activities of daily living (iADLs) for older adults, but these approaches are not usually considered in existing iADL measures. The c...
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Effect of 12-Week-Zumba Training on Postural Balance, Lower Limb Strength, Mood and Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Mariam Lahiani, Fatma Ben Waer, Fatma Chaari, Haithem Rebai, Sonia Sahli
We aimed to investigate 12-week-Zumba training effects on physical and psychological parameters, and quality of life (QoL) in postmenopausal women. Forty-two postmenopausal women were randomly allo...
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Age and Gender Differences in the Borrowing of Personal Stories Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-29 Jessica Udry, Jessica Becerra, Hyunji Kim, Sarah J. Barber
In prior research, about half of undergraduate students claimed to have “borrowed” a story, by telling someone else’s autobiographical memory as if it was their own. Given that borrowing stories of...
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Association Between Body Mass Index and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults in India: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Alok Roy
The study aimed to explore the association between body mass index (BMI) and cognitive function among older adults in India.Cross-sectional data on 21,000 older adults aged 60 years and older from ...
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Age Differences in Gaze Following: Older Adults Follow Gaze More than Younger Adults When free-viewing Scenes Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Eunice G. Fernandes, Benjamin W. Tatler, Gillian Slessor, Louise H. Phillips
Previous research investigated age differences in gaze following with an attentional cueing paradigm where participants view a face with averted gaze, and then respond to a target appearing in a lo...
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Olfactory Dysfunction Associated with Cognitive Decline in an Elderly Population Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Majed Alotaibi, Melissa Lessard-Beaudoin, Kate Busch, Amal Loudghi, Pierrette Gaudreau, Rona K Graham
In many neurological disorders, including Alzheimer disease, early olfactory dysfunction is observed.In order to determine if deficits in olfactory memory are present in the elderly and if olfactor...
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Metamemory Mediates the Effects of Age on Episodic and Working Memory across the Adult Lifespan Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Selene Cansino, Frine Torres-Trejo, Cinthya Estrada-Manilla, Silvia Ruiz Velasco
Previous studies have examined the direct relationship between metamemory and memory performance in young and older adults, but the results of these studies have been inconsistent. Therefore, we ex...
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Cognitive Performance following Single- or Multi-Session Exercise Intervention in Middle Age: A Systematic Review Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Fayeza S. Ahmed, Taylor M. McMillan, Benjamin A. Guenther, Peter Dearborn
Research in modifiable behaviors, like exercise, on risk for dementia is increasing. Although many studies focus on older adults, brain pathology for Alzheimer’s Disease can begin in middle age, su...
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Cognitive Status is Better in Older Adults under Colchicine Treatment: A Case-Control Study Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Arzu Okyar Baş, Gözde Kübra Yardımcı, Merve Güner Oytun, Serdar Ceylan, Zeynep Kahyaoğlu, Yelda Öztürk, Süheyla Çöteli, Meltem Gülhan Halil, Mustafa Cankurtaran, Levent Kılıç, Burcu Balam Doğu Yavuz
We aimed to investigate the effects of colchicine, an important anti-inflammatory agent, on cognitive functions in a geriatric population diagnosed with gout or osteoarthritis by comparing it to no...
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Older Adults Show Intraindividual Variation in the Use of Predictive Processing Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Suzanne R. Jongman, Allyson Copeland, Yaqi Xu, Brennan R. Payne, Kara D. Federmeier
ABSTRACT Background The use of prediction can aid language comprehension through preactivation of relevant word features. However, predictions can be wrong, and it has been proposed that resolving the mismatch between the predicted and presented item requires cognitive resources. Older adults tend not to predict and instead rely more on passive comprehension. Here, we tested, using an intraindividual
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Bringing Order to Life: Temporal Order Effects during the Recall of Important Autobiographical Memories in Young and Old Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Lisa Nusser, Tabea Wolf, Daniel Zimprich
ABSTRACT Objective The present study investigated whether younger and older adults differ in the extent to which they order their important autobiographical memories (AMs) in a chronological way during recall. Moreover, the number of autobiographical memories to be recalled was systematically varied in order to examine whether manipulating the size of the search sample affects the use of a chronological
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Affective Theory of Mind in Late Adulthood: The Role of Emotion Complexity and Social Relatedness Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Megan G. Stutesman, Douglas A. Frye
ABSTRACT Background Age-related declines in adult affective theory of mind (AToM) have been discovered. However, AToM measures have not accounted for emotional state complexity involved in AToM. Measures have also not accounted for different types of relationships – friends versus strangers – for which AToM is employed, which is important considering the limited social networks of aging adults. Objective
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Association Between Neuropsychological Functions and Activities of Daily Living in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-14 Rogério Paulo dos Santos Henriques, Pablo Tomas-Carus, José Francisco Filipe Marmeleira
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between performance in neurocognitive variables and daily functioning (basic or b- and instrumental or i-ADL) in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods A sample of 157 participants with MCI (73.65 ± 7.58 years) completed a battery of tests for assessing ADL and cognitive functions. t-test, Pearson’s correlation and
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Perceived Characteristics of the Built Neighborhood Environment and Negative Self-Rated Health in Brazilian Community-Dwelling Older Adults Exp. Aging Res. (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-14 Letícia Martins Cândido, Luiza Alves Vieira, Núbia Carelli Pereira de Avelar, Ana Lúcia Danielewicz
ABSTRACT Introduction Research indicates that self-rated health is associated with worse health outcomes in older adults. Thus, it is important to assess the association between built neighborhoods and self-rated health to establish strategies to improve the quality of life in the older adult population. Objective To evaluate the association between the perceived characteristics of the built neighborhood