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the five stages of development (Golden, 1981; Sakano, 1999). Additionally, MRI findings showed
that the atrophy to brain had disappeared after 10 years. In conclusion, it is suggested that
psychological functions have been gradually reconstructed.
2028.122 Face processing in autistic individuals: A look into spatial frequencies and the inversion
effect, Christine Deruelle, Cécilie Rondan, CNRS, UMR5105, Grenoble, France
This research was aimed at exploring possible abnormal face processing strategies in high
functioning adults with autism (HFA). Subjects were to match faces (upright or upside down) or
chairs filtered in high (HSF, local processing) and low spatial frequencies (LSF, holistic
processing) to non-filtered images. Results show that contrary to controls the autistic group did
not show a face inversion effect but that they presented the typical LSF advantage when matching
faces. We suggest that the HFA population may de deficient in some (LSF processing) but not all
(relationships between parts) forms of configural processing.
2028.123 Blood pressure predicts dementia 10-years prior to diagnosis, Cindy De Frias 1, 2 , Lars
Bäckman 2 , Lars Nyberg 3 , Lars-Goran Nilsson 1 , 1 Stockholm University, Sweden; 2 Karolinska
Institute, Sweden; 3 Umeå University, Sweden
The present study examined the prospective relation between systolic and diastolic blood pressure
and pulse pressure on dementia. We assembled a sample of 44 men and women from the Betula
Project who were classified as demented at 10-year follow-up (Time 3; aged 65-90 years). All
demented participants were matched on age and sex to three control participants (total n = 176).
Middle-aged and older adults had higher systolic pressure and greater pulse pressure 10-years
prior to the diagnosis of dementia. The long-term effect of elevated levels of blood pressure and
pulse pressure on dementia has theoretical and clinical implications.
2028.124 Cognitive progression in dementia: Revisiting the redundancy hypothesis, Stuart W.S.
MacDonald 1 , Sari Jones 1 , Hedda Agüero-Eklund 1 , Laura Fratiglioni 1 , Lars Bäckman 2 ,
1 2
Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Stockholm University,
Sweden
Variables that predict cognitive functioning in normal aging exert surprisingly little influence for
those with dementia, suggesting that individual differences are overshadowed by the
neurodegenerative process. Using a novel statistical approach, we examined diverse predictors
(psychological, biological, genetic, social) of cognitive decline for 308 demented participants from
the Kungsholmen Project. Multilevel models demonstrated reliable variance in rates of cognitive
decline, with ongoing analyses examining potential moderators of these individual differences.
Findings are discussed vis-a-vis central tenets of the redundancy hypothesis including whether: the
dementing process renders individuals more cognitively similar, and the only cognitive variation
in dementia is error variance.
2028.125 Developmental dyslexia: Exploring the relationships with postural deficits, Fabrice
Robichon 1 , Alix Seigneuric 1 , Patrick Quercia 2 , Thierry Pozzo 1 , Alexandre Puissant 3 ,
1 2 3
Universite de Bourgogne, France; Hopital Universitaire de Dijon, France; Laboratoire de
Sciences Cognitives, France
Postural deficiency syndrome (PDS), clinically evidenced by physical therapists, is characterized
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