{"id":493516,"date":"2022-09-16T08:59:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T05:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/adults-show-poorer-cognition-better-well-being-with-age\/"},"modified":"2022-09-16T08:59:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T05:59:16","slug":"adults-show-poorer-cognition-better-well-being-with-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/adults-show-poorer-cognition-better-well-being-with-age\/","title":{"rendered":"#Adults show poorer cognition, better well-being with age"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c883c14886\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c883c14886\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/adults-show-poorer-cognition-better-well-being-with-age\/#%E2%80%9CAdults_show_poorer_cognition_better_well-being_with_age%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Adults show poorer cognition, better well-being with age&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAdults_show_poorer_cognition_better_well-being_with_age%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Adults show poorer cognition, better well-being with age&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/adults-show-poorer-cog.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/adults-show-poorer-cog.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The study was led by Jyoti Mishra, PhD, an associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the NEATLabs, which study neuro-cognitive circuits across the lifespan. Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/adults-show-poorer-cog.jpg\" alt=\"Adults show poorer cognition, better well-being with age\" title=\"The study was led by Jyoti Mishra, PhD, an associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the NEATLabs, which study neuro-cognitive circuits across the lifespan. Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences\" width=\"425\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                The study was led by Jyoti Mishra, PhD, an associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the NEATLabs, which study neuro-cognitive circuits across the lifespan. Credit: UC San Diego Health <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The young and old could learn a thing or two from each other, at least when it comes to mental health and cognition.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                In a new study, published September 12, 2022 in <i>Psychology and Aging<\/i>, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that healthy older adults show greater mental well-being but poorer cognitive performance than younger adults. The underlying neural mechanisms may inspire new interventions to promote healthy brain function. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted to better understand the interplay between cognition and mental health across aging, and whether they rely on activation of similar or different brain areas,&#8221; said senior author Jyoti Mishra, Ph.D., director of the NEATLabs and associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine. <\/p>\n<p>The study sampled 62 healthy younger adults in their 20s and 54 healthy older adults above age 60. Researchers evaluated participants&#8217; mental health, surveying symptoms of anxiety, depression, loneliness and overall mental well-being. Participants also performed several cognitively demanding tasks while their brain activity was measured using electroencephalography (EEG). <\/p>\n<p>The results showed significantly worse symptoms of anxiety, depression and loneliness in youth and greater mental well-being in older adults. Yet when it came to cognition, task performance was significantly lower in older adults. <\/p>\n<p>EEG recordings revealed that during the tasks, older adults showed greater activity in anterior portions of the brain&#8217;s default mode network. This group of brain areas is typically active when an individual is ruminating, daydreaming or mind-wandering, and is usually suppressed during goal-oriented tasks. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The default mode network is useful in other contexts, helping us process the past and imagine the future, but it&#8217;s distracting when you&#8217;re trying to focus on the present to tackle a demanding task with speed and accuracy,&#8221; said Mishra. <\/p>\n<p>While the default mode network seemed to interfere with cognition, several other brain areas <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to improve it. Better task performance in younger adults was associated with greater activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, part of the brain&#8217;s executive control system. In the older adults, however, those with better cognitive performance instead showed greater activity in the inferior frontal cortex, an area that helps guide attention and avoid distractions. <\/p>\n<p>The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is known to degrade with aging, so the researchers suggest the increased inferior frontal cortex activity may be a way for older adults to compensate during these tasks. <\/p>\n<p>The team is now looking into therapeutic interventions to strengthen these frontal networks, such as brain stimulation methods, while also suppressing the default mode network through mindfulness meditation or other practices that orient individuals to the present. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These findings may provide new neurological markers to help monitor and mitigate cognitive decline in aging, while simultaneously preserving well-being,&#8221; said Mishra. <\/p>\n<p>The study may also inspire new ways of addressing the mental health of younger adults. &#8220;We tend to think of people in their twenties as being at their peak cognitive performance, but it is also a very stressful time in their lives, so when it comes to mental well-being, there may be lessons to be learned from older adults and their brains,&#8221; Mishra said.<\/p>\n<p>Co-authors of the study include Gillian Grennan, Pragathi Priyadharsini Balasubramani, Nasim Vahidi, Dhakshin Ramanathan and Dilip V. Jeste, all at UC San Diego. <\/p>\n<p>Funding for the study came, in part, from the National Institute of Mental Health (grant T32-MH019934), the Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship in NeuroAIDS (grant R25MH081482), the Stein Institute for Research on Aging at UC San Diego, the Brain Behavior Research Fund, the Kavli Foundation, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists and the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Brain patterns reveal why elderly drivers are prone to mistaking the gas pedal for the brake pedal\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Gillian Grennan et al, Dissociable neural mechanisms of cognition and well-being in youth versus healthy aging., <i>Psychology and Aging<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/pag0000710\">DOI: 10.1037\/pag0000710<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    University of California &#8211; San Diego<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsd.edu\/portal\/site\/ucsd\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Adults show poorer cognition, better well-being with age (2022, September 16)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 16 September 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-09-adults-poorer-cognition-well-being-age.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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