Background: The concepts of aging-related cognitive changes have appeared to be a major
challenge in the society. In this context, the present study was planned to find out the
functioning of aging population on different neurocognitive measures. Aims: The aim of the
study was to find out the neurocognitive functioning, namely memory, verbal fluency, and
response inhibition of normal aging population. Materials and Methods: Following purposive
sampling technique, a total of 50 healthy subjects (30 males and 20 females) in the age …

We agree on the contention raised by the reader upon the generic use of the terms
“dysfunction/impairment” in the article and also agree on the need of being more judicious in
using the terms, especially in the conclusion section of the article. However, use of the terms
was to denote the deterioration in the functions as a reflection of poor test scores on the PGI
memory scale, which was secondary to age only. The authors attempted to explore the
relatively lesser studied population for the stated aims, despite not having normative data for …