25 years of neurocognitive aging theories: What have we learned?

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dc.contributor.authorMcDonough, Ian M.
dc.contributor.authorNolin, Sara A.
dc.contributor.authorVisscher, Kristina M.
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Birmingham
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T20:41:57Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T20:41:57Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe past 25 years have provided a rich discovery of at least four fundamental patterns that represent structural and functional brain aging across multiple cognitive domains. Of the many potential patterns of brain aging, few are ever examined simultaneously in a given study, leading one to question their mutual exclusivity. Moreover, more studies are emerging that note failures to replicate some brain aging patterns, thereby questioning the universality and prevalence of these patterns. Although some attempts have been made to create unifying theories incorporating many of these age-related brain patterns, we propose that the field's understanding of the aging brain has been hindered due to a large number of influential models with little crosstalk between them. We briefly review these brain patterns, the influential domain-general theories of neurocognitive aging that attempt to explain them, and provide examples of recent challenges to these theories. Lastly, we elaborate on improvements that can be made to lead the field to more comprehensive and robust models of neurocognitive aging.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationMcDonough, I. M., Nolin, S. A., & Visscher, K. M. (2022). 25 years of neurocognitive aging theories: What have we learned? In Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (Vol. 14). Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.1002096
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fnagi.2022.1002096
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11779
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectneurocognition
dc.subjectfMRI
dc.subjectaging
dc.subjectolder adults
dc.subjecttheory
dc.subjectreview
dc.subjectmaintenance
dc.subjectcompensation
dc.subjectOLDER-ADULTS
dc.subjectFRONTOPARIETAL CONTROL
dc.subjectAGE-DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectWHITE-MATTER
dc.subjectBRAIN
dc.subjectMEMORY
dc.subjectCORTEX
dc.subjectACTIVATION
dc.subjectDEDIFFERENTIATION
dc.subjectARCHITECTURE
dc.subjectGeriatrics & Gerontology
dc.subjectNeurosciences
dc.title25 years of neurocognitive aging theories: What have we learned?en_US
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