Neural evidence of functional compensation for fluid intelligence in healthy ageing.
Abstract
Functional compensation is a common notion in the neuroscience of healthy ageing, whereby older adults are proposed to recruit additional brain activity to compensate for reduced cognitive function. However, whether this additional brain activity in older participants actually helps their cognitive performance remains debated. We examined brain activity and cognitive performance in a human lifespan sample (
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Research summary
The paper investigates functional compensation in brain activity related to fluid intelligence in the context of healthy aging. While it touches on cognitive performance and brain activity in older adults, it does not address the root causes of aging or propose solutions for lifespan extension. The findings may contribute to understanding cognitive aging but are unlikely to have a significant impact on the broader field of longevity research.
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