期刊
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
卷 31, 期 1, 页码 11-19出版社
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000330
关键词
cognitive aging; memory decline; longitudinal change
资金
- National Institute on Aging [RO1AG024270]
Objective: Decompose cognitive change into influences unique to particular cognitive domains, and influences shared across different cognitive domains. Method: A total of 2,546 adults between 18 and 95 years of age performed a battery of 12 cognitive tests on 2 occasions separated by an average of 3 years. An estimate of general cognitive functioning based on the first principal factor was regressed from the observed cognitive scores to derive an estimate of specific influences on each measure, and this value was subtracted from the observed score to provide an estimate of general influences on the measure. Longitudinal change was assessed by the (T2 - T1) difference between scores on the 2 occasions. Results: Although increased age was associated with specific influences on speed in cross-sectional comparisons, and in memory change in longitudinal comparisons among older adults, most of the relations between age and cognitive functioning in both cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons were manifested as general influences shared with other cognitive measures. Conclusions: Differences in cognitive functioning associated with aging are often attributed to domain-specific effects, but results from this and other recent studies suggest that large proportions of the age differences are associated with general influences shared across different types of cognitive measures.
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