Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT Few studies involving the cognition of middle-aged adults are available in the international literature, particularly investigating the process of cognitive aging, executive components and attention. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in performance on neuropsychological tasks of executive functions and sustained attention between two age groups. Methods: The sample consisted of 87 adults aged from 19 to 59 years old, divided into two groups according to the age variable (younger adults and middle-aged adults). All participants were Brazilian and had no sensory, psychiatric or neurological disorders; subjects also had no history of alcohol abuse, and no self-reported use of illicit drugs or antipsychotics. The neuropsychological instruments administered were the Hayling Test, Trail Making Test, Bells Test and verbal fluency tasks. Results: Groups showed no significant differences in relation to sociodemographic variables, educational level or frequency of reading and writing habits. The younger adult group performed better than the middle-aged group on tasks that involved mainly processing speed, cognitive flexibility and lexical search. Conclusions: These findings serve as a valuable reference for cognitive processing in middle-aged adults, since a large number of comparative studies focus only on the younger and later phases of adulthood. Additional studies are needed to investigate possible interaction between different factors such as age and education. |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years oldage groupsexecutive functioninhibitionattentionABSTRACT Few studies involving the cognition of middle-aged adults are available in the international literature, particularly investigating the process of cognitive aging, executive components and attention. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in performance on neuropsychological tasks of executive functions and sustained attention between two age groups. Methods: The sample consisted of 87 adults aged from 19 to 59 years old, divided into two groups according to the age variable (younger adults and middle-aged adults). All participants were Brazilian and had no sensory, psychiatric or neurological disorders; subjects also had no history of alcohol abuse, and no self-reported use of illicit drugs or antipsychotics. The neuropsychological instruments administered were the Hayling Test, Trail Making Test, Bells Test and verbal fluency tasks. Results: Groups showed no significant differences in relation to sociodemographic variables, educational level or frequency of reading and writing habits. The younger adult group performed better than the middle-aged group on tasks that involved mainly processing speed, cognitive flexibility and lexical search. Conclusions: These findings serve as a valuable reference for cognitive processing in middle-aged adults, since a large number of comparative studies focus only on the younger and later phases of adulthood. Additional studies are needed to investigate possible interaction between different factors such as age and education.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento2012-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642012000100029Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.6 n.1 2012reponame:Dementia & Neuropsychologiainstname:Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)instacron:ANCC10.1590/S1980-57642012DN06010005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOliveira,Camila Rosa dePedron,Ana CristinaGurgel,Léia GonçalvesReppold,Caroline TozziFonseca,Rochele Pazeng2016-07-20T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1980-57642012000100029Revistahttp://www.demneuropsy.com.br/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||demneuropsy@uol.com.br1980-57641980-5764opendoar:2016-07-20T00:00Dementia & Neuropsychologia - Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)false |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old Oliveira,Camila Rosa de age groups executive function inhibition attention |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old |
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Executive functions and sustained attention:Comparison between age groups of 19-39 and 40-59 years old |
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Oliveira,Camila Rosa de |
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Oliveira,Camila Rosa de Pedron,Ana Cristina Gurgel,Léia Gonçalves Reppold,Caroline Tozzi Fonseca,Rochele Paz |
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Pedron,Ana Cristina Gurgel,Léia Gonçalves Reppold,Caroline Tozzi Fonseca,Rochele Paz |
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Oliveira,Camila Rosa de Pedron,Ana Cristina Gurgel,Léia Gonçalves Reppold,Caroline Tozzi Fonseca,Rochele Paz |
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age groups executive function inhibition attention |
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age groups executive function inhibition attention |
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ABSTRACT Few studies involving the cognition of middle-aged adults are available in the international literature, particularly investigating the process of cognitive aging, executive components and attention. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in performance on neuropsychological tasks of executive functions and sustained attention between two age groups. Methods: The sample consisted of 87 adults aged from 19 to 59 years old, divided into two groups according to the age variable (younger adults and middle-aged adults). All participants were Brazilian and had no sensory, psychiatric or neurological disorders; subjects also had no history of alcohol abuse, and no self-reported use of illicit drugs or antipsychotics. The neuropsychological instruments administered were the Hayling Test, Trail Making Test, Bells Test and verbal fluency tasks. Results: Groups showed no significant differences in relation to sociodemographic variables, educational level or frequency of reading and writing habits. The younger adult group performed better than the middle-aged group on tasks that involved mainly processing speed, cognitive flexibility and lexical search. Conclusions: These findings serve as a valuable reference for cognitive processing in middle-aged adults, since a large number of comparative studies focus only on the younger and later phases of adulthood. Additional studies are needed to investigate possible interaction between different factors such as age and education. |
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