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Heterogeneity in Cognitive Aging

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Tea and Cakes available in 2nd Floor Seminar Room from 4pm

Individual differences in cognitive functioning increase with advancing adult age. The resulting heterogeneity poses conceptual and methodological challenges, but also permits insights into mechanisms that promote successful aging. I will elaborate on this proposition in three ways. First, I will report evidence suggesting that the effects of common genetic polymorphisms on cognition increase with advancing adult age. Second, based on functional brain imaging studies and related evidence, I will suggest that maintenance may represent a more viable route to successful cognitive aging than compensation. Third, I will report findings on the experimental modifiability of cognitive abilities in early and late adulthood.

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