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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
This study examined the impact of age-related differences in regional cerebral volumes and cognitive resources on acquisition of a cognitive skill. Volumes of brain regions were measured on magnetic resonance images of healthy adults (aged 22-80). At the early stage of learning to solve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle, speed and efficiency were associated with age, prefrontal cortex volume, and working memory. A similar pattern of brain-behavior associations was observed with perseveration measured on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. None of the examined structural brain variables were important at the later stages of skill acquisition. When hypertensive participants were excluded, the effect of prefrontal shrinkage on executive aspects of performance was no longer significant, but the effect of working memory remained.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0882-7974
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
72-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Efficiency, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Individuality, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Memory, Short-Term, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Prefrontal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Problem Solving, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:11931289-Reference Values
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Age-related differences in the course of cognitive skill acquisition: the role of regional cortical shrinkage and cognitive resources.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't