ATTENTIONAL PROCESSES IN NORMAL AND IMPAIRED ELDERLY

我们试图了解的心理和生物心理方面的 注意力和注意力的正常和病理老化 流程.我们还关心如何运用这些知识来发展 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 显著较差的持续关注4至12年前， 痴呆症的估计发病日期。此外，14个元素中有13个， 34名控制者中只有18人的注意力检测准确性得分持续 低于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， 自发注意回顾性自评问卷 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.