[Purpose] Accuracy in coordinating limb movements decreases with aging. The effect of aging on the variability of cyclic movements is not well known. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of aging on seated stepping variability. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-six healthy young adults and 15 healthy elderly adults were instructed to walk at their preferred speed. Foot contact was monito...

Early pathology and tissue loss in Alzheimer׳s disease (AD) occurs in the hippocampus, a brain region that has recently been implicated in relational processing irrespective of delay. Thus, tasks that involve relational processing will especially tax the hippocampal memory system, and should be sensitive to even mild dysfunction typical of early AD. Here we used a short-lag, short-delay memory ...

We investigated age-related attention and encoding deficits, and their possible interaction, by analyzing visual event-related potentials from young and older adults during a modified Sternberg word recognition task. Young adults performed more accurately, albeit not significantly so. P1 latency was shorter in young adults and correlated negatively with task accuracy (with age partialed out). T...

This study investigated the hypothesis that age differences in memory performance may be influenced by stereotype threat associated with negative cultural beliefs about the impact of aging on memory. Recall was examined in 48 young and 48 older adults under conditions varying in the degree of induced threat. Conditions that maximize threat resulted in lower performance in older adults relative ...

Individuals in most industrialized countries have to make investment decisions throughout their adult life span to save for their retirement. These decisions substantially affect their living standards in old age. Research on cognitive aging has already demonstrated several changes in cognitive functions (e.g., processing speed) that likely influence investment decisions. This review brings tog...

A chronic disease in older adults usually runs a course that is less predictable than in younger individuals. Unexplained variations in disease incidence, prognosis, therapeutic responses, and toxicity are frequently observed among older adults. This heterogeneity poses huge challenges to the current one-size-fits-all health care systems, and calls for more personalized managements of chronic d...

Abstract Despite the urgency reported by National Institutes of Health and Academy Sciences to advance health knowledge about transgender, nonbinary, gender diverse (TNGD) older adults, TNGD populations remain underrepresented in aging research. This review examines adult recruitment approaches health-related PubMed, CINHAL, PsychINFO databases were searched using key terms/subject headings rel...

Abstract Ample evidence and stereotype embodiment theory indicate that older adults’ internalized beliefs about aging are related to their health well-being over time. Aging constructed reinforced socioculturally, interpersonally, structurally, the latter of which includes federal, state, local policies. For instance, policies affect resource allocation for Older Americans Act programs, job sec...

Human attention is subject to fluctuations. Mind-wandering (MW) – attending thoughts unrelated the current task demands considered a ubiquitous experience. According Control Failure x Concerns view (McVay & Kane, 2010), MW curbed by executive control, and task-irrelevant enter consciousness due attentional control lapses. The generation of off-task assumed increase with higher number personal c...