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| Title |
Functional Hemispheric (A)symmetries in the Aged Brain—Relevance for Working Memory
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00058 |
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| Authors |
Madalena Esteves, Ricardo Magalhães, Paulo Marques, Teresa C. Castanho, Carlos Portugal-Nunes, José M. Soares, Armando Almeida, Nadine C. Santos, Nuno Sousa, Hugo Leite-Almeida |
| Abstract |
Functional hemispheric asymmetries have been described in different cognitive processes, such as decision-making and motivation. Variations in the pattern of left/right activity have been associated with normal brain functioning, and with neuropsychiatric diseases. Such asymmetries in brain activity evolve throughout life and are thought to decrease with aging, but clear associations with cognitive function have never been established. Herein, we assessed functional laterality during a working memory task (N-Back) in a healthy aging cohort (over 50 years old) and associated these asymmetries with performance in the test. Activity of lobule VI of the cerebellar hemisphere and angular gyrus was found to be lateralized to the right hemisphere, while the precentral gyrus presented left > right activation during this task. Interestingly, 1-Back accuracy was positively correlated with left > right superior parietal lobule activation, which was mostly due to the influence of the left hemisphere. In conclusion, although regions were mostly symmetrically activated during the N-Back task, performance in working memory in aged individuals seems to benefit from lateralized involvement of the superior parietal lobule. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 48 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 14 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 8 | 17% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
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