Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring

We measured behavioural performance and fMRI activity whilst old and young adults performed a temporal segmentation task (‘preview search’). Being able to select parts of the visual world to be attended or ignored is a critical visual skill. Both old and young adults were able to improve their per...

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Main Authors: Allen, Harriet A., Payne, Helen
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Published: Elsevier 2012
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2540/
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description We measured behavioural performance and fMRI activity whilst old and young adults performed a temporal segmentation task (‘preview search’). Being able to select parts of the visual world to be attended or ignored is a critical visual skill. Both old and young adults were able to improve their performance on a difficult search task when some of the distracter items were presented earlier than the remainder. Comparisons of brain activity and functional connectivity, however, suggested that the underlying mechanisms are quite different for the two age groups. Older adults' activation patterns do not correspond to those predicted by simple increased involvement of frontal regions reflecting higher demand with age but seem to suggest that changes in brain activation patterns propagate throughout the cortex
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spelling nottingham-25402020-05-04T16:32:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2540/ Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring Allen, Harriet A. Payne, Helen We measured behavioural performance and fMRI activity whilst old and young adults performed a temporal segmentation task (‘preview search’). Being able to select parts of the visual world to be attended or ignored is a critical visual skill. Both old and young adults were able to improve their performance on a difficult search task when some of the distracter items were presented earlier than the remainder. Comparisons of brain activity and functional connectivity, however, suggested that the underlying mechanisms are quite different for the two age groups. Older adults' activation patterns do not correspond to those predicted by simple increased involvement of frontal regions reflecting higher demand with age but seem to suggest that changes in brain activation patterns propagate throughout the cortex Elsevier 2012-02-15 Article PeerReviewed Allen, Harriet A. and Payne, Helen (2012) Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring. NeuroImage, 59 (4). pp. 4113-4125. ISSN 1053-8119 http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1053811911012341/1-s2.0-S1053811911012341-main.pdf?_tid=c6bdfc70-bb1d-11e3-aae7-00000aacb362&acdnat=1396522411_3c106ec7427fa8c57548dd7203ae35eb doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.070 doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.070
spellingShingle Allen, Harriet A.
Payne, Helen
Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring
title Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring
title_full Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring
title_fullStr Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring
title_full_unstemmed Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring
title_short Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring
title_sort similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring
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