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Title: | Working memory, age and education: A lifespan fMRI study | Authors: | Archer, Jo A. Lee, Annie Qiu, Anqi Chen, Annabel Shen-Hsing |
Keywords: | Education Age |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | Archer, J. A., Lee, A., Qiu, A., & Chen, A. S.-H. (2018). Working memory, age and education: A lifespan fMRI study. PLOS ONE, 13(3), e0194878-. | Series/Report no.: | PLOS ONE | Abstract: | Ageing is associated with grey matter atrophy and changes in task-related neural activations. This study investigated the effects of age and education on neural activation during a spatial working memory task in 189 participants aged between 20–80 years old, whilst controlling for grey matter density. Age was related to linear decreases in neural activation in task activated areas, and this effect was no longer significant when adjusting for education or accuracy. Age was also related to cubic increases in neural activation in non-task related areas, such as the temporal gyrus, cuneus and cerebellum when adjusting for accuracy and education. These findings support previous lifespan datasets indicating linear age-related decreases in task activation, but non-linear increases in non-task related areas during episodic memory tasks. The findings also support past studies indicating education offers a form of cognitive reserve through providing a form of neural compensation and highlights the need to consider education in ageing studies. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89305 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44870 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0194878 | Rights: | © 2018 Archer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | Fulltext Permission: | open | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
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