Kennedy Kristen M, Rodrigue Karen M, Head Denise, Gunning-Dixon Faith, Raz Naftali
Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Neuropsychology. 2009 Jul;23(4):475-91. doi: 10.1037/a0015377.
Our objectives were to assess age differences in perceptual repetition priming and perceptual skill learning and to determine whether they are mediated by cognitive resources and regional cerebral volume differences. Fragmented picture identification paradigm allows the study of both priming and learning within the same task. The authors presented this task to 169 adults (ages 18-80), assessed working memory and fluid intelligence, and measured brain volumes of regions that were deemed relevant to those cognitive skills. The data were analyzed within a hierarchical path modeling framework. In addition to finding age-related decrease in both perceptual priming and learning, the authors observed several dissociations with regards to their neural and cognitive mediators. Larger visual cortex volume was associated with greater repetition priming, but not perceptual skill learning, and neither process depended upon hippocampal volume. In contrast, the volumes of the prefrontal gray and white matter were differentially related to both processes via direct and indirect effects of cognitive resources. The results indicate that age-related differences in perceptual priming and skill learning have dissociable cognitive and neural correlates.
我们的目标是评估感知重复启动和感知技能学习中的年龄差异,并确定它们是否由认知资源和局部脑容量差异介导。碎片化图片识别范式允许在同一任务中研究启动和学习。作者将此任务呈现给169名成年人(年龄在18 - 80岁之间),评估工作记忆和流体智力,并测量与这些认知技能相关区域的脑容量。数据在分层路径建模框架内进行分析。除了发现感知启动和学习中与年龄相关的下降外,作者还观察到了它们在神经和认知介导因素方面的几种分离情况。更大的视觉皮层体积与更强的重复启动相关,但与感知技能学习无关,且这两个过程都不依赖于海马体体积。相比之下,前额叶灰质和白质的体积通过认知资源的直接和间接影响与这两个过程有不同的关联。结果表明,感知启动和技能学习中与年龄相关的差异具有可分离的认知和神经关联。