Editorial: Perception and Cognition: Interactions in the Aging Brain

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  • Harriet A. Allen
  • Katherine L. Roberts
چکیده

Healthy aging can lead to declines in both perceptual and cognitive functions. Many of the studies in this Topic demonstrate such age-related declines, but also identify links between them. Encouragingly, these links suggest that improving perception could benefit cognition. In addition, while compensatory cognitive strategies were mainly unsuccessful in improving perception, cognitive training was effective under certain conditions.

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دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016