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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Recent theoretical models of cognitive aging have implicated increased intra-individual variability as a critical marker of decline. The current study examined electrophysiological and information processing variability and memory performance in normal younger and older controls, and older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD). It was hypothesized that higher levels of variability would be indicative of age-related and disease-related memory deficits. Results indicated both implicit and explicit memory deficits associated with AD. Consistent with previous research, behavioral speed and variability emerged as sensitive to age- and disease-related change. Amplitude variability of P3 event-related potentials was a unique component of electrophysiological activity and accounted for significant variance in reaction time (RT) mean and RT standard deviation, which in turn accounted for significant variance in memory function. Results are discussed in light of theoretical and applied issues in the field of cognitive aging.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
1119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
215-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Cognition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Evoked Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Memory Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Models, Neurological, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Observer Variation, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:16997285-Recognition (Psychology)
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Electrophysiological and information processing variability predicts memory decrements associated with normal age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease (AD).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, NUI, Galway, Ireland. michael.hogan@unigalway.ie
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't