Cingulo-opercular adaptive control for younger and older adults during a challenging gap detection task.

ABSTRACT: Cingulo-opercular activity is hypothesized to reflect an adaptive control function that optimizes task performance through adjustments in attention and behavior, and outcome monitoring. While auditory perceptual task performance appears to benefit from elevated activity in cingulo-opercular regions of frontal cortex before stimuli are presented, this association appears reduced for older adults compared to younger adults. However, adaptive control function may be limited by difficult task conditions for older adults. An fMRI study was used to characterize adaptive control differences while 15 younger (average age = 24 years) and 15 older adults (average age = 68 years) performed a gap detection in noise task designed to limit age-related differences. During the fMRI study, participants lis

SUBMITTER: Vaden KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7000297 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature