[Cognitive aging considered from the point of view of cognitive neurosciences of consciousness].
Linking together cognitive neurosciences of aging with the study of psychological and neurophysiological properties of consciousness opens rich fundamental and clinical perspectives. Indeed, several aspects of cognitive aging seem to deal with modifications of processes directly involved in conscious processing. In the light of this relation between consciousness and aging, three tracks of experimental research are proposed and discussed.
Naccache
Lionel
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Université Paris VI, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris. lionel.naccache@normale.sup.org
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology