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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   The Aging Navigational System

   Lester, Moffat, Wiener, Barnes and Wolbers · Neuron · 2017

   A review of evidence from rodents, non-human primates and humans on how cognitive ageing affects the brain's navigation systems, with a closing look at clinical uses in neurodegenerative disorders.

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   1. UncheckedThis review argues that ageing-related navigation problems are not just general memory decline, vary by type of navigation task, and might flag early disease.“Critically, we show 1) that navigational deficits cannot solely be explained by general deficits in learning and memory, 2) that there is no uniform decline across different navigational computations, and 3) that navigational deficits might be sensitive markers for impending pathological decline.”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   The Role of Resting-State Network Functional Connectivity in Cognitive Aging

   Hausman, O’Shea, Kraft et al. · Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience · 2020

   In 154 healthy older adults, the study tested four resting-state brain networks against fluid cognition scores and proposes cingulo-opercular network coherence as a possible marker of nonpathological cognitive aging.

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   1. UncheckedIn 154 healthy older adults, only connectivity within the cingulo-opercular network was significantly linked to fluid cognition scores, beyond age and education.“Only coherence within the cingulo-opercular network (CON) was significantly related to Fluid Cognition Composite scores, explaining more variance in scores than age and education.”
   2. UncheckedIn 154 healthy older adults, stronger connectivity within the cingulo-opercular network went with better episodic memory, attention and executive function.“Greater CON connectivity was associated with better performance on episodic memory, attention, and executive function tasks.”