Electrophysiological investigations of set-shifting in older human adults
Margarita Darna, Beatrice Guhl, Hannah-Sophia Jauch, Constanze Seidenbecher, Björn Schott, Anni Richter · FENS Forum 2024
Older adults show deficits in tasks of set-shifting. Yet, many underlying cognitive functions are required during such tasks and it is currently unknown which of these mechanisms may be deficient in older age. Here, we investigated this question in a preliminary dataset of 45 young participants (age: 25.2 ± 4.3) and 26 older participants (age: 68.1 ± 5.0) in an EEG-compatible set-shifting paradigm. We were particularly interested in two posterior components: 1) The P300 is a positive component that appears approximately 300 ms to 500 ms after the cue and has a lower amplitude during set-shifti
ePoster · Neuroscience