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Perception and cognition in the ageing brain : a brief review of the short-and long-term links between perceptual and cognitive decline
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Roberts, Katherine L. and Allen, Harriet A. (2016) Perception and cognition in the ageing brain : a brief review of the short-and long-term links between perceptual and cognitive decline. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 8 . 39. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2016.00039
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00039
Abstract
Ageing is associated with declines in both perception and cognition. We review evidence for an interaction between perceptual and cognitive decline in old age. Impoverished perceptual input can increase the cognitive difficulty of tasks, while changes to cognitive strategies can compensate, to some extent, for impaired perception. While there is strong evidence from cross-sectional studies for a link between sensory acuity and cognitive performance in old age, there is not yet compelling evidence from longitudinal studies to suggest that poor perception causes cognitive decline, nor to demonstrate that correcting sensory impairment can improve cognition in the longer term. Most studies have focused on relatively simple measures of sensory (visual and auditory) acuity, but more complex measures of suprathreshold perceptual processes, such as temporal processing, can show a stronger link with cognition. The reviewed evidence underlines the importance of fully accounting for perceptual deficits when investigating cognitive decline in old age.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Older people -- Psychology, Perception, Cognition, Aging, Hearing, Vision | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1663-4365 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 March 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 8 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 39 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00039 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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