Lifespan developmental invariance in memory consolidation: evidence from procedural memory.

ABSTRACT: Characterizing ontogenetic changes across the lifespan is a crucial tool in understanding neurocognitive functions. While age-related changes in learning and memory functions have been extensively characterized in the past decades, the lifespan trajectory of memory consolidation, a critical function that supports the stabilization and long-term retention of memories, is still poorly understood. Here we focus on this fundamental cognitive function and probe the consolidation of procedural memories that underlie cognitive, motor, and social skills and automatic behaviors. We used a lifespan approach: 255 participants aged between 7 and 76 years performed a well-established procedural memory task in the same experimental design across the whole sample. This task enabled us to disentangle two

SUBMITTER: Toth-Faber E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991456 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature