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Topic: age-related changes

Seminar
1 seminar

In Cognition and Cognitive Psychology

Seminar · Vision Science

Age-related changes in visual perception – decline or experience?

Karin Pilz · University of Groningen

Wed, Jun 30, 2021 · 13:00 UTC

In Europe, the number of people aged 65 and older is increasing dramatically, and research related to ageing is more crucial than ever. The main research dedicated to age-related changes concentrates on cognitive or sensory deficits. This is also the case in vision research. However, the majority of older adults ages without major cognitive or optical or deficits. These are foremost good news, but even in the absence of neurodegenerative or eye diseases changes in visual perception occur. It has been suggested that age-related changes are due to a general decline of cognitive, perceptual and s