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Title:Neurophysiological measures of task-set switching: effects of working memory and aging.
Authors:Goffaux P,  Phillips NA,  Sinai M,  Pushkar D
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18441266?dopt=Abstract
Category:J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
PMID:18441266
Dept Affiliation: CRDH
1 Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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Neurophysiological measures of task-set switching: effects of working memory and aging.

J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2008 Mar;63(2):P57-66

Authors: Goffaux P, Phillips NA, Sinai M, Pushkar D

Abstract

We investigated age-related differences in task-switching performance by using behavioral measures and event-related brain potentials. We tested younger and older adults, and we separated older adults into groups with high and low working memory (WM); that is, we separated them into old-high-WM and old-low-WM groups. On average, all participants responded more slowly in mixed-task than in single-task blocks (i.e., reaction time or RT mixing cost). Younger adults and old-high-WM participants had equivalent RT mixing costs and showed larger posterior negative slow-wave activity when preparing for mixed trials than for single-task trials, suggesting that mixed-task trials required trial-to-trial preparation. Old-high-WM participants also showed frontally distributed activity on mixed-task trials, suggesting their use of executive control to offset age-related differences in mixed-task preparation. In contrast, old-low-WM participants had large RT mixing costs and large posterior event-related brain potential negativities during single-task trials, suggesting that they prepare during single- and mixed-task blocks. High WM, therefore, may help older adults offset the age-related difficulties often observed when they are task switching.

PMID: 18441266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]