Judging meaning improves function in the aging brain.
Important new evidence suggests that under-recruitment of frontal cortex under intentional learning conditions in older adults can be repaired when older subjects are instructed to focus on meaning. However, the tendency for older subjects to activate both hemispheres when young adults recruit only one was not reversible. These findings provide important insights with respect to plasticity and compensation in the aging brain.
Park
Denise C.
DC
Dept of Psychology, 3042 East Hall, University of Michigan, 48109-1109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA