ATTENTIONAL PROCESSES IN NORMAL AND IMPAIRED ELDERLY

我们试图理解心理和生物心理学方面的问题 注意力和注意力方面的正常和病理性衰老 流程。我们还关心将这些知识应用于开发 改善注意力和认知功能的策略。我们发现 与对照组相比，14名患痴呆症的男性 显著较差的持续注意力在4至12年前 痴呆症的估计发病日期。此外，14名死者中有13名，但 34名对照组中只有18名获得持续的注意力检测准确度分数 不到79%。我们继续进行为期6年的纵向测试 持续的关注和20年的纵向测试使用我们的 自发性注意的回溯性自我报告问卷 切换到意识的内容。

We seek to understand the psychological and biopsychological aspects of normal and pathological aging in terms of attention and attentional processes. We are also concerned with applying that knowledge to develop strategies for improving attentional and cognitive functioning. We found that, when compared with controls, 14 men who developed dementia had significantly poorer sustained attention 4 to 12 years prior to the estimated date of onset of dementia. Furthermore, 13 of 14 dements but only 18 of 34 controls had sustained attention detection accuracy scores of less than 79%. We continue our 6 year longitudinal testing of sustained attention and 20 year longitudinal testing using our retrospective self-report questionnaire on spontaneous attention switching to the contents of consciousness.