Older adults show reduced midline frontal theta power and frontal–posterior coherence relative to younger adults regardless of single- or multitasking condition¶
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q3 i? Both neural measures showed a main effect of group, with less theta power and coherence in older adults in either condition, and no condition × age group interaction. → J. A. Anguera 2013
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J. A. Anguera 2013¶
J. A. Anguera, J. Boccanfuso, J. L. Rintoul, O. Al-Hashimi, F. Faraji, J. Janowich, E. Kong, Y. Larraburo, C. Rolle, E. Johnston & A. Gazzaley. (2013). Video game training enhances cognitive control in older adults. Nature 501. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12486
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Experiment 3: comparison of untrained older adults before training with a naive younger group (n = 18; ages 20–29) on the neural assessment version of NeuroRacer. Main effect of group on both measures; no effect size printed, so impact is null. The absence of a condition × age interaction indicated a general age-related reduction.
"Both neural measures showed a main effect of group (see Supplementary Fig. 8), indicating less theta power and coherence in older adults when pro-cessing signs in either condition ('sign and drive' depicted in Fig. 4a, b)"
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Related Claims¶
- Training-induced increases in midline frontal theta power correlate with preserved multitasking gains at 6 months and with sustained attention improvement
- Multitasking training increased midline frontal theta power and frontal–posterior theta coherence in older adults only in the multitasking condition and only for the MTT group
- Multitasking training on adaptive NeuroRacer reduced older adults' multitasking costs beyond active and no-contact controls, exceeding untrained 20-year-olds, with gains persisting 6 months — related
- Multitasking training transferred to untrained working memory and sustained attention tasks in older adults, unlike control training — related
- Multitasking performance on NeuroRacer declines linearly across the adult lifespan from ages 20 to 79 — related
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Older adults show reduced midline frontal theta power and frontal–posterior coherence relative to younger adults regardless of single- or multitasking condition |
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Older adults show reduced midline frontal theta power and frontal–posterior coherence relative to younger adults regardless of single- or multitasking condition |
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2013 |
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2018 |
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