Resting State Network Segregation Modulates Age-Related Differences in Language Production.

ABSTRACT: Older adults typically exhibit decline in language production. However, how the brain supports or fails to support these processes is unclear. Moreover, there are competing hypotheses about the nature of age-related neural changes and whether age-related increases in neural activity reflect compensation or a decline in neural efficiency. In the current study, we investigated the neural bases of language production focusing on resting state functional connectivity. We hypothesized that language production performance, functional connectivity, and their relationship would differ as a function of age. Consistent with prior work, older age was associated with worse language production performance. Functional connectivity analyses showed that network segregation within the left hemisphere langu

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403275 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature