Background During the aging process, physical capabilities (eg, muscular strength) and
cognitive functions (eg, memory) gradually decrease. Regarding cognitive functions …

The concept of reserve has been proposed to account for the disjunction between the
degree of brain damage and its clinical outcome. This paper attempts to produce a coherent …

There are declines with age in speed of processing, working memory, inhibitory function,
and long-term memory, as well as decreases in brain structure size and white matter …

As we grow older, we may grow wiser, but we can also experience memory loss and
cognitive slowing that can interfere with our daily routines. The cognitive neuroscience of …

Life-span developmental psychology deais with the study of individual development
(ontogenesis) from conception into old age (P. Baltes & Goulet, 1970; P. Baltes & Reese …

Background This systematic review provides an overview of the literature deducing
information about brain activation during (1) imagined walking using MRI/fMRI or (2) during …

The most unexpected and intriguing result from functional brain imaging studies of cognitive
aging is evidence for age-related overactivation: greater activation in older adults than in …

Cognitive decline is commonly observed in advanced aging even in the absence of disease.
Here we explore the possibility that normal aging is accompanied by disruptive alterations in …

Individual differences in general intelligence have been associated with differences in brain
structure and function. The currently most popular theory of the neural bases of intelligence …

Memory decline in aging results from multiple factors that influence both executive function
and the medial temporal lobe memory system. In advanced aging, frontal-striatal systems …