[Inhibitory process: what evolution after the age of 50?].
Increased difficulty with inhibition responses has been reported in aging. We used a French adaptation of the Victoria Stroop Test to assess the evolution of inhibitory processes in 107 healthy participants aged from 50 year old to 95 year old. A mild influence of age was shown on the efficiency of the inhibitory processes, and an important heterogeneity of performances for participants over the age of 81. Decline of the inhibitory processes was observed mainly when the task required a strong inhibitory process, and when an analysis of the speed to perform each task and the produced errors was conjointly performed.
Moroni
Christine
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Jeune Equipe 2497: Neuropsychologie et Cognition auditive, Université Nord de France, Villeneuve d'Ascq. Christine.moroni@univ-lille3.fr
Bayard
Sophie
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology