{"title":"Does the Sensory Experience of Words Boost Recollection in Aging?","authors":"Aurélia Bugaiska, Arnaud Witt, Patrick Bonin","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2269800","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2269800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>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 words with high SER would be similar in older and young adults, as they depend on knowledge, unlike recollection of words with a low SER, which would depend on executive functions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We manipulated the sensory experience of words (high vs. low) in encoding in young and older adults. The participants then took a word-recognition test using the Remember/Know paradigm (Gardiner, 1988). We also evaluated executive functions using several measures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results show that the age-related difference in recollective experience was eliminated under the high SER encoding condition. Moreover, Remember (R) responses in the low SER condition seem to be related to executive functioning, unlike R responses in the high SER condition and Know (K) responses in both low and high SER conditions.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our study shows that the memory benefit of high-SER words is greater for older than younger adults. The study also supports the observation that older adults can compensate for their deficits by using sensory experience to consciously recollect information.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"705-717"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72013960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of Vitamin D on Movement and Cognitive Function in Senile Mice After Sevoflurane Anaesthesia.","authors":"Jialei Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang, Jun Zhao, Jie Wu","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2282350","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2282350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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 purpose of this study is to explore the effect of VD on motor and cognitive function of aged mice after sevoflurane anesthesia.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We established sevoflurane anesthesia model and VD(-) and VD(+) mice model. The VD concentration of mice in each group was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). An open-field test was used to evaluate the mice's capacity for movement and exploration. A Y-maze test was used to gauge the mice's short-term memory. The primary purpose of the water-maze experiment was to examine mice's long-term spatial memory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The ELISA results showed that the model was successfully constructed. In the open-field test, VD increased the exercise distance of mice (<i>P</i> < .05). In the Y-maze experiment, VD improved short-term memory impairment in mice (<i>P</i> < .05). In the water-maze test, VD increased the activity time and platform crossing number of mice in the target quadrant. (<i>P</i> < .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Sevoflurane anesthesia caused cognitive dysfunction in aged mice, including reduced learning ability, memory loss, lower motor and exploratory abilities and depression, and VD deficiency aggravated these impairments. By supplementing with VD, learning ability and long-term memory were enhanced, motor and exploratory abilities were improved, and depression levels were reduced. Anxiety was also improved.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"817-831"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138290692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Autonomy and Physical Activity on Self-Rated Health of Older Adults in India: Gendered Analysis Using Structural Equation Models.","authors":"Bevin Vijayan, Dipti Govil, Harihar Sahoo","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2278982","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2278982","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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 impact on their health. Our study investigates the mechanisms through which gender influences individuals' engagement with physical activity during free time and how this relates to self-rated health outcomes among adults aged 45 years or older living in India. Using cross-sectional analysis and Structural Equation Modelling, we analyzed data stratified by gender and age from the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India to examine these conceptual pathways. We found that compared to men, women face greater limitations related to decision-making autonomy, experience more functional impairments, have weaker social networks that provide less support for engaging in leisure-time physical activity, leading them to report lower levels of overall wellbeing than men. Further analyses demonstrated distinct pathways through which each gender's level of social network connectivity shapes behavior - strong connections increase opportunities for women specifically to engage positively with both peers and physically active pursuits supporting overall wellness goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"767-784"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89717585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Affective Touch: A Comparison Between Two Groups of Younger and Older Females.","authors":"Carina Schlintl, Anne Schienle","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2250225","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2250225","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 132 females from two age groups (older: 60-96 years; younger: 18-30) participated in a well-validated method of tactile stimulation, in which CT-optimal vs. nonoptimal soft brushing (3 cm/s vs. 30 cm/s) was administered on the forearms of the participants, once by a female experimenter and once by the participant themselves. All participants rated their affective state in each of the conditions and tactile acuity was assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Relative to the younger group, older participants rated touch as more pleasant, independent of type (CT-optimal, non-optimal) and origin (experimenter, self). In the older group, the emotional differentiation of CT-optimal vs. non-optimal touch was reduced, which was associated with reduced tactile acuity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study revealed an age-dependent enhancement of the perceived pleasantness of (self)touch. Interventions with auditory-guided CT-optimal self-touch could be easily implemented as part of training programs for older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"568-576"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10113165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Behavioral and Neurological Effects of Edaravone and Noscapine in Albino Wistar Rats.","authors":"Mamsa Rumaiza Hafizur Rehman, Angel Pavalu Godad, Gaurav Mahesh Doshi","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2250227","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2250227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of the study was to explore Edaravone and Noscapine in anAlCl3-induced Alzheimer's disease (AD) model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>On the probe trial, the MWM demonstrated a decrease in escape latencyfollowed by an increase in the target quadrant. The NOR showeddiscrimination and recognition index scores and Y-maze, revealed arise in spontaneous alterations. TNF-α, IL-1, IL-6, amyloid-β, CATand MDA levels increased, while SOD levels dropped. The results werefound to be significant for combination full and half doses (***<i>p</i> <0.001, **<i>p</i> < 0.01). The treated group's histology ofbrain revealed mild neurodegeneration with hippocampal pyknoticnuclei.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Thus, Edaravone and Noscapine can be used for thetreatment of AD. .</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"617-632"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10116446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Distracting Events Influence Young and Older adults' Arithmetic Performance?","authors":"Patrick Lemaire","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2250224","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2250224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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 (Expt. 2) were displayed superimposed or not on irrelevant, emotionally neutral pictures (e.g. mushrooms). In both simple and complex arithmetic, young and older adults obtained poorer arithmetic performance under distraction relative to no-distraction conditions. Most interesting, deleterious effects of irrelevant stimuli on arithmetic performance were larger in older than in young adults. Moreover, magnitude of distraction effects increased with longer solution latencies in young (but not in older) adults while solving complex arithmetic problems. These findings have important implications for furthering our understanding of the role of distraction on cognitive performance in general, and arithmetic performance in particular, as well as age-related differences in this role.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"597-616"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10161785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Autobiographical Resilience Memories in Emotion Regulation: An Account of Age Differences in Mnemonic and Positive Reappraisal.","authors":"Irina Orlovsky, Rebecca E Ready, Angela Gutchess, Kristin Heideman, Bruna Martins-Klein","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2254659","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2254659","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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 with novel negative scenarios enhanced reappraisal efficacy and reduced difficulty to reappraise. Younger and older adults reappraised negative images by associating reappraisals to freely selected autobiographical resilience memories, cued autobiographical resilience memories, or by finding situational silver linings without mnemonic association (control). Changes in image emotional intensity ratings revealed no difference across reappraisal conditions for younger adults, while older adults most effectively down-regulated emotional intensity using the control reappraisal strategy. Older adults found autobiographical memories more helpful for mood regulation and less difficult to implement, and identified greater similarities between novel negative scenarios and their memories than younger adults. Surprisingly, greater similarity between resilience memories and negative images was associated with lower reappraisal efficacy for both age groups. Findings demonstrate the age-equivalent benefits of utilizing reappraisals associated with past narratives of resilience and suggest a sacrifice of immediate hedonic benefit for disproportionately greater subjective benefits with age.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"652-677"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10924802/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10204369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eva Marie Wieschen, Aalim Makani, Stefan T Radev, Andreas Voss, Julia Spaniol
{"title":"Age-Related Differences in Decision-Making: Evidence Accumulation is More Gradual in Older Age.","authors":"Eva Marie Wieschen, Aalim Makani, Stefan T Radev, Andreas Voss, Julia Spaniol","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2241333","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2241333","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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 cautious response style and slower non-decisional processes, rather than by age differences in the rate of information accumulation. The Lévy flight model, a new evidence accumulation model that extends the diffusion model, was recently developed to account for differences in response times for correct and error responses. In the Lévy flight model, larger jumps in evidence accumulation can be accommodated compared to the diffusion model. It is currently unknown whether younger and older adults differ with respect to the jumpiness of evidence accumulation. In the current study, younger and older adults (<i>N</i> = 40 per age group) completed a letter-number-discrimination task. Results indicate that older adults show a more gradual (less \"jumpy\") pattern of evidence accumulation compared to younger adults. Implications for research on cognitive aging are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"537-549"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9891985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Investigation of Affective Personality Traits in Alzheimer's Disease: SEEKING as a Possible Predictor for Early-Stage Alzheimer's Dementia.","authors":"Ezgi Soncu Buyukiscan, Elif Yildirim, Asli Demirtas-Tatlidede, Basar Bilgic, Hakan Gurvit","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2256629","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2256629","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>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 impairment of the amnestic type (aMCI), and the remaining 18 participants were diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's dementia (ADD). Diagnostic labels were given as a result of detailed neurological, neuropsychological, and neuroradiological assessment. Affective personality traits were assessed via Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The only significant intergroup difference was obtained for the SEEKING subscale of ANPS. Here, ADD group scored significantly lower compared to the SCI group. The results of logistic regression analysis also indicated that SEEKING score successfully predicted early-stage ADD diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results suggest that a specific personality constellation characterized by reduced investment in the outside world might be associated with Alzheimer's disease, either as a risk factor or a byproduct of the neurodegenerative process initiated by AD pathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"678-691"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10214922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aurélia Bugaiska, Patrick Bonin, Julie Ferreira, Arnaud Witt
{"title":"Effect of Perceptions of Future Time on Implicit and Explicit Memory in Older Adults.","authors":"Aurélia Bugaiska, Patrick Bonin, Julie Ferreira, Arnaud Witt","doi":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2269801","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0361073X.2023.2269801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We examine age-related differences in implicit and explicit memory tasks, and test the impact of future time perspectives on priming and cued recall.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We induced time perspective in young (limited-time perspective) and older (extended-time perspective) adults. Implicit and explicit memory tasks were performed by younger and older adults.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results showed an age-related effect on priming and cued recall, confirming that implicit and explicit memory are impaired in aging. Nevertheless, manipulation of future time perspective eliminated age differences in priming and cued recall.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These findings support the view that it is not age <i>per se</i> that determines memory performance but rather the perception of the time left to us. Socio-emotional selectivity theory thus seems to be a serious candidate to explain age-related differences in implicit and explicit memory.</p>","PeriodicalId":12240,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Aging Research","volume":" ","pages":"718-726"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71479918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}