Age, executive function, and social decision making: A dorsolateral prefrontal theory of cognitive aging

被引：410

作者：

MacPherson, SE ^{[1
]}

Phillips, LH ^{[1
]}

Della Sala, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Aberdeen, Dept Psychol, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotland

来源：

PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING | 2002年 / 17卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1037//0882-7974.17.4.598

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Current neuropsychological models propose that some age-related cognitive changes are due to frontal-lobe deterioration. However, these models have not considered the possible subdivision of the frontal lobes into the dorsolateral and ventromedial regions. This study assessed the age effects on 3 tasks of executive function and working memory, tasks dependent on dorsolateral prefrontal dysfunction; and 3 tasks of emotion and social decision making, tasks dependent on ventromedial prefrontal dysfunction. Age-related differences in performance were found on all tasks dependent on dorsolateral prefrontal dysfunction. In contrast, age-related differences were not found on the majority of the tasks dependent on ventromedial prefrontal dysfunction. The results support a specific dorsolateral prefrontal theory of cognitive changes with age, rather than a global decline in frontal-lobe function.

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页码：598 / 609

页数：12

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