Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging

到2031年，加拿大人的平均寿命将达到84岁。为了在这些年里促进良好的认知健康和独立性，我们迫切需要更好地了解思想和大脑是如何随着年龄的增长而变化的。本研究通过研究与年龄相关的记忆衰退的认知和神经机制，并提出了新的修复方法来推进这些目标。通过证明记忆的年龄差异可能会被人为的测试方式夸大，这项工作不仅会挑战关于衰老的普遍观念，还会挑战我们研究认知的一般方式。

By 2031, the average life expectancy in Canada will reach 84. In order to promote good cognitive health and independence throughout those years, we critically require a better understanding of how the mind and brain change with age. The proposed research advances these goals by examining the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying age-related memory declines, and suggesting new methods for remediation. By showing that age differences in memory may be exaggerated by the artificial manner in which we test it, this work will not only challenge common conceptions of aging, but the way we study cognition in general.