Memory-driven attentional guidance compensates for age-related declines in cognitive control and sensory processing¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The authors interpret their findings as showing that learning-based attentional guidance remains resilient with age and can adaptively compensate for declining abilities. → Nir Shalev 2024

Evidence¶

Nir Shalev 2024¶

Nir Shalev, Sage Boettcher & Anna C. Nobre. (2024). Spatiotemporal predictions guide attention throughout the adult lifespan. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00281-3

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Authors' interpretation in the Discussion, integrating their data with prior literature on contextual cueing and semantic guidance in aging. This is an interpretive claim (type e), not itself a tested contrast; it is supported by their own null Age × Predictability interaction on accuracy.

"Although there may be age-related declines in cognitive control12,39 and sensory processing18,19 that reduce both top-down and bottom-up sig-nalling, memory-driven control app ears to consistently compensate for these de ficits."

Discussion¶

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