scholarly journals Selective attention affects conceptual object priming and recognition: a study with young and older adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soledad Ballesteros ◽  
Julia Mayas
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Object Priming

Deficits in Selective Attention Alter Gait in Frail Older Adults

GeroPsych ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Véronique Cornu ◽  
Jean-Paul Steinmetz ◽  
Carine Federspiel
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Dual Task ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Gait Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Gait Parameters ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Task Conditions

Abstract. A growing body of research demonstrates an association between gait disorders, falls, and attentional capacities in older adults. The present work empirically analyzes differences in gait parameters in frail institutionalized older adults as a function of selective attention. Gait analysis under single- and dual-task conditions as well as selective attention measures were collected from a total of 33 nursing-home residents. We found that differences in selective attention performances were related to the investigated gait parameters. Poorer selective attention performances were associated with higher stride-to-stride variabilities and a slowing of gait speed under dual-task conditions. The present findings suggest a contribution of selective attention to a safe gait. Implications for gait rehabilitation programs are discussed.

scholarly journals O1-05-08: Memory decline in older adults is predicted by focused / selective attention

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (3S_Part_3) ◽  
pp. S179-S179
Author(s):  
Angeles Garcia ◽  
Alisha Hemraj ◽  
Salman Klar ◽  
Letty Lau ◽  
Kelly Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Memory Decline

scholarly journals Improving Wayfinding for Older Users With Selective Attention Deficits

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada D. Mishler ◽  
Mark B. Neider
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Attentional Focus ◽  
Attention Deficits ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Older Users ◽  
Selective Attention Deficits

Older adults experience difficulties with navigating their environments and may need to rely on signs more heavily than younger adults. However, older adults also experience difficulties with focusing their visual attention, which suggests that signs need to be designed with the goal of making it as easy as possible to attend to them. This article discusses some design principles that may be especially important to compensate for declining attentional focus. These principles include distinctiveness, consistent appearance and location, standardized images, simplicity, isolation from other elements of the environment, and reassurance about the current route.

scholarly journals Neural markers of category-based selective working memory in aging

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M Mok ◽  
M. Clare O'Donoghue ◽  
Nicholas E Myers ◽  
Erin H.S. Drazich ◽  
Anna Christina Nobre
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Memory Processing ◽  
Normal Cognitive Function ◽  
Psychophysiological Interaction ◽  
Relevant Category

Working memory (WM) is essential for normal cognitive function, but shows marked decline in aging. Studies have shown that the ability to attend selectively to relevant information amongst competing distractors is related to WM capacity. The extent to which WM deficits in aging are related to impairments in selective attention is unclear. To investigate the neural mechanisms supporting selective attention in WM in aging, we tested a large group of older adults using functional magnetic resonance imaging whilst they performed a category-based (faces/houses) selective-WM task. Older adults were able to use attention to encode targets and suppress distractors to reach high levels of task performance. A subsequent, surprise recognition-memory task showed strong consequences of selective attention. Attended items in the relevant category were recognised significantly better than items in the ignored category. Neural measures also showed reliable markers of selective attention during WM. Purported control regions including the dorsolateral and inferior prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex were reliably recruited for attention to both categories. Activation levels in category-sensitive visual cortex showed reliable modulation according to attentional demands, and positively correlated with subsequent memory measures of attention and WM span. Psychophysiological interaction analyses showed that activity in category-sensitive areas were coupled with non-sensory cortex known to be involved in cognitive control and memory processing, including regions in the PFC and hippocampus. In summary, we found that brain mechanisms of attention for selective WM are relatively preserved in aging, and individual differences in these abilities corresponded to the degree of attention-related modulation in the brain.

Cautiousness and Visual Selective Attention Performance Among Older Adults

1987 ◽  
Vol 148 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Rush ◽  
Paul E. Panek ◽  
Joyce E. A. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Visual Selective Attention ◽  
Attention Performance

scholarly journals Practice makes perfect: High performance gains in older adults engaged in selective attention within and across sensory modalities

2018 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Rienäcker ◽  
Heidi I.L. Jacobs ◽  
Caroline M. Van Heugten ◽  
Pascal W.M. Van Gerven
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Sensory Modalities ◽  
Performance Gains

scholarly journals Selective Attention Modulates Neural Envelope Tracking of Informationally Masked Speech in Healthy Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ira Kurthen ◽  
Jolanda Galbier ◽  
Laura Jagoda ◽  
Pia Neuschwander ◽  
Nathalie Giroud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Informational Masking ◽  
Envelope Tracking ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Speech Envelope ◽  
Age Range

AbstractSpeech understanding in noisy situations is compromised in old age. This study investigated the energetic and informational masking components of multi-talker babble noise and their influence on neural tracking of the speech envelope in a sample of healthy older adults. Twenty-three older adults (age range 65 - 80 years) listened to an audiobook embedded in noise while their electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded. Energetic masking was manipulated by varying the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) between target speech and background talkers and informational masking was manipulated by varying the number of background talkers. Neural envelope tracking was measured by calculating temporal response functions (TRFs) between speech envelope and EEG. Number of background talkers, but not SNR modulated the amplitude of an earlier (around 50 ms time lag) and a later (around 300 ms time lag) peak in the TRFs. Selective attention, but not working memory or peripheral hearing additionally modulated the amplitude of the later TRF peak. Finally, amplitude of the later TRF peak was positively related to accuracy in the comprehension task. The results suggest that stronger envelope tracking is beneficial for speech-in-noise understanding and that selective attention is an important ability supporting speech-in-noise understanding in multi-talker scenes.

Reliable Change Indices for the Ruff 2 and 7 Selective Attention Test in Older Adults

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Knight ◽  
Jennifer McMahon ◽  
C. Murray Skeaff ◽  
Timothy J. Green
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Reliable Change
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