Preserved Emotional Modulation of Motor Response Time Despite Psychomotor Slowing in Young-Old Adults

Age-friendliness, promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to enable and support individuals in different aspects of life for fostering life satisfaction and personal well-being as they age. We identified specific aspect(s) of age-friendliness associated with life satisfaction and examined similarities and differences in age-friendliness and life satisfaction in young-old and old-old adults. Six hundred and eighty-two ageing adults were asked to complete a survey questionnaire consisting of the Age-friendly City Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and sociodemographic variables. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the effects of various domains of age-friendliness on life satisfaction among the young-old adults (aged 65 to 74, n=351) and the old-old adults (aged 75 to 97, n=331). Common domains associated with life satisfaction in both young-old and old-old groups were transportation and social participation. Community and health services were associated with life satisfaction for the young-old group only. On the other hand, civic participation and employment was significantly associated with the old-old group only. Social participation is important for the young-old and the old-old. Ageing older adults can be a resource to the society. Implications for promoting and implementing age-friendliness were discussed in the context of successful and productive ageing and the need for a more refined taxonomy of social activities.

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P300 in Behcet's Patients without Neurological Manifestations

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques ◽

10.1017/s0317167100052586 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 66-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Hulusi Kececi ◽

Melih Akyol

Keyword(s):

Response Time ◽

Behçet’S Disease ◽

Motor Response ◽

Behcet’S Disease ◽

Behçet's Disease ◽

P300 Latency ◽

Behcet's Disease ◽

Neurologic Involvement ◽

The Mean ◽

Normal Controls

ABSTRACT:Objective:Behcet's disease is the association of recurrent aphthous stomatitis with genital ulceration and eye disease. Neurologic involvement patterns include meningomyelitis, a brain stem syndrome, pyramidal and extrapyramidal abnormality and stroke. In the present study, subclinical involvement was investigated by using P300 in Behcet's patients without neurological manifestation.Methods:Fifteen patients and 15 healthy volunteers were accepted for the study. P300 from vertex (Cz) electrode sites of the 10-20 system using electrodes and motor response time were recorded.Results:Patients had significantly prolonged latencies of P300 as compared to normal controls (p=0.013) but no significant differences in amplitude (p=1.000). Patients showed a significantly delayed motor response time than controls (p=0.006). Nine patients (60 %) had P300 latency and eight patients (53.3 %) had motor response time values exceeding the mean of controls by two standard deviations.Conclusion:The findings suggest that the P300 measures and motor response time may reflect subclinical neurologic involvement in Behcet's disease.

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Pre-Motor response time benefits in multi-modal displays

Advances in Cognitive Ergonomics ◽

10.1201/ebk1439834916-63 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 623-632

Keyword(s):

Response Time ◽

Motor Response

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Frontal cortical volumes and cognitive performance in young-old adults in the PATH through life study

NeuroImage ◽

10.1016/s1053-8119(09)70978-4 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. S109 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P Gautam ◽

N Cherbuin ◽

KJ Anstey ◽

P Sachdev

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Performance ◽

Old Adults ◽

Life Study ◽

Young Old

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Supplemental Material for Emotional Reactivity to Daily Stressors: Does Stressor Pile-Up Within a Day Matter for Young-Old and Very Old Adults?

Psychology and Aging ◽

10.1037/pag0000667.supp ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Emotional Reactivity ◽

Daily Stressors ◽

Very Old ◽

Old Adults ◽

Pile Up ◽

Young Old

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Examining Positivity Effect and Working Memory in Young-Old and Very Old Adults Using EEG-Derived Cognitive State Metrics

Research on Aging ◽

10.1177/0164027519865310 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 41 (10) ◽

pp. 1014-1035

Author(s):

Joelle C. Ruthig ◽

Dmitri P. Poltavski ◽

Thomas Petros

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Working Memory ◽

Memory Task ◽

Cognitive State ◽

Emotional Stimuli ◽

Very Old ◽

Positivity Effect ◽

Old Adults ◽

Age Related ◽

Young Old

The positivity effect among older adults is a tendency to process more positive and/or less negative emotional stimuli compared to younger adults, with unknown upper age boundaries. Cognitive and emotional working memory were assessed in young-old adults (60–75) and very old adults (VOAs; 80+) to determine whether emotional working memory declines similar to the age-related decline of cognitive working memory. The moderating role of valence on the link between age and emotional working memory was examined to identify change in positivity effect with advanced age. Electroencephalography (EEG) markers of cognitive workload and engagement were obtained to test the theory of cognitive resource allocation in older adults’ emotional stimuli processing. EEG recordings were collected during cognitive memory task and emotional working memory tasks that required rating emotional intensity of images pairs. Results indicate a positivity effect among VOAs that does not require additional cognitive effort and is not likely to diminish with age.

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