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2063.142 A functional MRI study on the forward and backward recalls in digit short-term digit
memory: The effects of aging, Xiwen Sun, Xiaochu Zhang, Xiangchuan Chen, Daren Zhang,
Xiaoping Hu, Life Science School of USTC, China
The neural basis of forward and backward recalls in digit working memory was investigated using
fMRI on in young and old adults. In the young subjects, higher activation was found in the left
prefrontal and occipital cortices in backward than in forward recalling, but the right inferior
frontal area was more active in forward than in backward recalling. In the old subjects, more
cortical areas showed greater activation in backward than in forward recalling. These results
suggest that different neural mechanisms may underlie the forward and backward recall processes
in short-term memory, and aging may have different differential influences.
2063.143 Aging of cognition: When it goes does it all go together and for everyone? Bob Uttl,
Amy Siegenthaler, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Are age declines on memory tasks a reflection of universal declines in all cognitive abilities, or are
memory declines independent from declines on other cognitive tasks? To what extent are age
declines in memory shared with declines in other cognitive tasks? If these abilities do decline
together, do they do so for everyone? We examined these questions using Structural Equation
Modeling in a large sample of healthy adults from 19 to 91 years of age. Our results suggest that
when cognitive abilities decline, they do not go together, at least not for all the people.
2063.144 The executive function in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment, Yanmin Zhang,
Buxin Han, Zhe Zhang, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. China
Porteus Maze Test, Trail Making Test, Stroop color-word test, Negative Priming, Go-No/Go test,
and Verbal fluency test were used for exploring the processing speed and executive function of 30
the elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and 30 Normal Controls (NC). The results
showed that: (1) Cognitive Planning ability and Cognitive Flexibility of MCI group is worse
significant than NC group. (2) Inhibition ability and Processing Speed of MCI group is also worse
than NC group, but the difference is not significant. The different results and theoretical
implication were discussed.
2063.145 Emotional life and psychological adaptation in later life, Kyung Ryu, Kyung-Hwan
Min, Min-Hee Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea
This study examined the changes of the characteristics of emotional life, regulation of emotions
and its relation to psychological adaptation in old age. 212middle-aged, 171young-old, 166old-old
S. Korean adults were participated in this research. Through the semi-structured interview and
questionnaire, we found there were age differences in emotional experiences and regulation
strategies of emotions. With increasing age, individuals experience more positive emotions, less
negative emotions, change the ways of emotion regulation, and adapt better in their psychological
life. Implications of findings are discussed in terms of the theoretical framework of affective
optimization and socioemotional selectivity in old age.
2063.146 The episodic memory performance in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment, Zhe
Zhang, Buxin Han, Yanmin Zhang, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
China
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