No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age

Objectives: A key question in gerontological research concerns whether good functioning can be maintained in some cognitive abilities in old age, even if deficits occur in other cognitive or sensory abilities. Our goals were to investigate relations of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age, whe...

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Autores: Ihle, Andreas, Oris, Michel, Fagot, Delphine, Kliegel, Matthias
Tipo de recurso: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Cognitive performance
Sensory abilities
Older adults
Old age
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spelling No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old ageIhle, AndreasOris, MichelFagot, DelphineKliegel, MatthiasCognitive performanceSensory abilitiesOlder adultsOld ageObjectives: A key question in gerontological research concerns whether good functioning can be maintained in some cognitive abilities in old age, even if deficits occur in other cognitive or sensory abilities. Our goals were to investigate relations of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age, whether these relations differed in size across old age, and whether this was affected by general cognitive ability (processing speed), educational level, and/or general health status. Methods: Two thousand eight hundred and twelve older adults (aged 65–101, M = 77.9 years) from the Vivre–Leben–Vivere survey served as cross-sectional sample for the present study. We administered psychometric tests on processing speed (the speed of cognitive processing), cognitive flexibility (the ability to alternate between cognitive operations), and verbal abilities (vocabulary). In addition, we interviewed individuals on their hearing, eyesight, educational level, and general health status. We regressed sizes of relations between abilities (calculated within each 1-year age tranche) on mean age within the corresponding age tranche, with the number of participants within the corresponding age tranche as case weights. Results: We observed a decrease in relations between processing speed and cognitive flexibility in old age that was particularly pronounced in individuals with high educational level (r = −.41). In contrast, we did not find differences in relations between other cognitive and sensory abilities across old age, which held for different levels of general cognitive ability, education, and general health status. Conclusion: Present data do not support the view of a generally increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age.This publication benefited from the support of the Swiss National Centre of Competences in Research LIVES - Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives, granted by the Swiss National Science Foundation.Peer reviewedRoutledgeSwiss National Science FoundationOris, Michel [0000-0002-6435-9448]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242017info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Preprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/361591reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2015.1109055Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3615912026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age
spellingShingle No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age
Ihle, Andreas
Cognitive performance
Sensory abilities
Older adults
Old age
title_short No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age
title_full No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age
title_fullStr No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age
title_full_unstemmed No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age
title_sort No cross-sectional evidence for an increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ihle, Andreas
Oris, Michel
Fagot, Delphine
Kliegel, Matthias
author Ihle, Andreas
author_facet Ihle, Andreas
Oris, Michel
Fagot, Delphine
Kliegel, Matthias
author_role author
author2 Oris, Michel
Fagot, Delphine
Kliegel, Matthias
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author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Swiss National Science Foundation
Oris, Michel [0000-0002-6435-9448]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cognitive performance
Sensory abilities
Older adults
Old age
topic Cognitive performance
Sensory abilities
Older adults
Old age
description Objectives: A key question in gerontological research concerns whether good functioning can be maintained in some cognitive abilities in old age, even if deficits occur in other cognitive or sensory abilities. Our goals were to investigate relations of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age, whether these relations differed in size across old age, and whether this was affected by general cognitive ability (processing speed), educational level, and/or general health status. Methods: Two thousand eight hundred and twelve older adults (aged 65–101, M = 77.9 years) from the Vivre–Leben–Vivere survey served as cross-sectional sample for the present study. We administered psychometric tests on processing speed (the speed of cognitive processing), cognitive flexibility (the ability to alternate between cognitive operations), and verbal abilities (vocabulary). In addition, we interviewed individuals on their hearing, eyesight, educational level, and general health status. We regressed sizes of relations between abilities (calculated within each 1-year age tranche) on mean age within the corresponding age tranche, with the number of participants within the corresponding age tranche as case weights. Results: We observed a decrease in relations between processing speed and cognitive flexibility in old age that was particularly pronounced in individuals with high educational level (r = −.41). In contrast, we did not find differences in relations between other cognitive and sensory abilities across old age, which held for different levels of general cognitive ability, education, and general health status. Conclusion: Present data do not support the view of a generally increased relation of cognitive and sensory abilities in old age.
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