Cognitive Aging

认知老化

• 批准号: 1000230178-2013
• 负责人: Spaniol, Julia
• 金额: $ 2.19万
• 依托单位: Ryerson University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=683388
• 关键词: Cognitive; Aging

Most older adults show declines in cognitive functions such as attention and memory. In contrast, emotional and motivational capacities tend to stabilize, or even improve, with age. Little is known about whether older adults affective strengths can be tapped to reduce the impact of age-related cognitive deficits. The proposed research addresses this issue by investigating the effect of reward motivation on cognition and the brain across the lifespan. Exploring the potential for reward-based cognitive amelioration in older adults is an endeavour of critical societal relevance, given that adults aged 65 and up form the fastest-growing segment of Canadian society today.

大多数老年人表现出注意力和记忆力等认知功能的下降。相反，随着年龄的增长，情绪和动机能力趋于稳定，甚至提高。对于能否利用老年人的情感优势来减少与年龄相关的认知缺陷的影响，人们知之甚少。这项拟议的研究通过调查奖励动机对认知和大脑在整个生命周期中的影响来解决这个问题。考虑到65岁及以上的成年人是当今加拿大社会中增长最快的群体，探索老年人基于奖励的认知改善的潜力是一项具有重要社会意义的努力。