Context processing in older adults: evidence for a theory relating cognitive control to neurobiology in healthy aging.
@article{Braver2001ContextPI, title={Context processing in older adults: evidence for a theory relating cognitive control to neurobiology in healthy aging.}, author={T. Braver and D. Barch and B. A. Keys and C. Carter and J. Cohen and J. Kaye and J. Janowsky and S. Taylor and J. Yesavage and M. Mumenthaler and W. Jagust and B. Reed}, journal={Journal of experimental psychology. General}, year={2001}, volume={130 4}, pages={ 746-63 } }
A theory of cognitive aging is presented in which healthy older adults are hypothesized to suffer from disturbances in the processing of context that impair cognitive control function across multiple domains, including attention, inhibition, and working memory. These cognitive disturbances are postulated to be directly related to age-related decline in the function of the dopamine (DA) system in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). A connectionist computational model is described that implements… Expand
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