Several investigations have suggested that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of age-related changes. We recently reported behavioral data indicating greater age differences in orbitofrontal tasks when directly compared to tasks tapping dorsolateral prefrontal functions. The present study was designed to investigate the neural underpinnings of age diffe...

postural control requires the integration of sensory information in the visual,vestibular, and senses the body systems. also research has shown that the sensorysystems involved in postural control, decreased with increasing age. the aim ofthis study was to investigate the effects of age and manipulation of sensoryinformation on the postural control. for this purpose, displacement of the anterio...

postural control has an important role in daily activities and motor independence. in recent years, conscious aspects of postural control such as attention and cognitive processes have received attention for balance optimization performance. therefore, the present study designed to examine the age–related differences in postural control in the internal and external focus of attention. for this ...

1.40 times) than meaningful items (1.07 times). In Experiment 1, we found an increased information load for abstract items, and greater age differences in information load for abstract items. In Experiment 2, we wanted to see if the pattern of age differences found in visual search would be replicated in a STM task. In other words, would greater age differences in visual search for abstract ite...

We compared the functional performance of 20 young adult women and 20 older adult women on two types of tasks. One type of task was normal instrumental activities of daily living (e.g., meal preparation, home maintenance) that were meaningful, familiar, and well practiced. The other type was a contrived, relatively unfamiliar task of wrapping a package. Although young and old women did not diff...

OBJECTIVES We investigated whether evidence that older adults (OA) show less differentiation of visual stimuli than younger adults (YA) extends to trait impressions from faces and effects of face age. We also examined whether age differences in mood, vision, or cognition-mediated differentiation differences. Finally, we investigated whether age differences in trait differentiation mediated diff...