A comprehensive study of cognitive control in healthy aging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Declines in cognitive control impact older adults' daily life and independence. Cognitive control frameworks distinguish different subcomponents, such as inhibition, updating, shifting, proactive and reactive control. A comprehensive overview of how these subcomponents develop in aging is lacking, with research typically focusing on small samples treated as a homogenous age group, targeting a single subcomponent, or using heterogenous tasks across studies. The aim of the current study was therefore to provide a more comprehensive overview of cognitive control in aging, studying multiple subcomponents in a large sample including different age cohorts.

Methods

In the current study, young adults (N = 75) and three cohorts of older adults (N = 231) completed an extens

SUBMITTER: De Pue S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12764825 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature