Predicting response time variability from task and resting-state functional connectivity in the aging brain.

ABSTRACT: Aging is associated with declines in a host of cognitive functions, including attentional control, inhibitory control, episodic memory, processing speed, and executive functioning. Theoretical models attribute the age-related decline in cognitive functioning to deficits in goal maintenance and attentional inhibition. Despite these well-documented declines in executive control resources, older adults endorse fewer episodes of mind-wandering when assessed using task-embedded thought probes. Furthermore, previous work on the neural basis of mind-wandering has mostly focused on young adults with studies predominantly focusing on the activity and connectivity of a select few canonical networks. However, whole-brain functional networks associated with mind-wandering in aging have not yet been ch

SUBMITTER: Gbadeyan O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9063711 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature