STROOP INTERFERENCE - AGING EFFECTS ASSESSED WITH THE STROOP COLOR-WORD TEST
STROOP INTERFERENCE - AGING EFFECTS ASSESSED WITH THE STROOP COLOR-WORD TEST
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DOI：
10.1080/03610739308253934
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发表时间：
1993-07-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
VREELING, FW
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作者：
HOUX, PJ;JOLLES, J;VREELING, FW
对Stroop色词测验（SCWT）的表现进行了一项大型的横断面老化调查。受试者为247名志愿者，年龄在20-80岁之间，分为七个年龄段。尽管所有受试者都认为自己是正常和健康的，但可以根据生物生活事件（BLE）进行事后划分。BLE是轻微的生物或环境因素，如反复全身麻醉，可能会妨碍最佳的大脑功能。除了预期的年龄影响外，经历过一次或多次BLE的受试者的表现较差：BLE导致的减慢与年龄的影响相当，特别是在涉及颜色命名中的语言干扰的任务上。教育对表现有显着影响：受教育程度较高的受试者比受教育程度较低的受试者表现得更好。未观察到性别差异。这些发现重复了平行研究中其他测试的观察结果。他们也与其他几项报告衰老和身体健康影响之间相互作用的研究一致。这项研究质疑了认知老化研究的有效性，因为我们的数据表明，在非患病受试者中筛查BLE作为年龄外在因素可以减少许多通常归因于衰老本身的表现缺陷。
A large, cross-sectional aging investigation of performance on the Stroop Color-Word Test (SCWT) was carried out. Subjects were 247 volunteers, ages 20-80 in seven age levels. Although all subjects thought themselves to be normal and healthy, a post hoc division could be made on the basis of biological life events (BLE). BLE are mild biological or environmental factors, such as repeated experiences of general anesthesia, that can hamper optimal brain functioning. Apart from the anticipated age effects, performance was poorer in subjects who had experienced one or more BLE: The slowing due to BLE was comparable to the effect of age, especially on the task involving language interference in color-naming. Education had a significant effect on performance: More highly educated subjects performed better than less educated subjects. No sex differences were observed. These findings replicate observations made with other tests in parallel studies. They are also in line with several other studies reporting interactions between the effects of aging and physical fitness. This study questions some of the validity of cognitive aging research, as our data suggest that screening for BLE as age-extrinsic factors in nondiseased subjects can reduce many of the performance deficits usually ascribed to aging per se.