fNIM lab receives a shout-out for our recent publication on age-related neural dedifferentiation. Neural dedifferentiation refers to the reduction of neural selectivity for specific classes of stimuli, a phenomenon which can be observed in older age. The study has observed that selective patterns of activity are subsequently associated with poorer memory performance. However, the relationship … Read more
The fNIM Lab recently attended the 6th Biennial Dallas Aging & Cognition Conference (DACC) sponsored by the Center for Vital Longevity and UT Dallas on January 27th and 28th, 2019. This year’s conference focused on four main themes: Animal & Human models of cognitive aging, The healthy brain in transition to disease, The Social and Neural underpinnings … Read more
In older adults, changes in brain structure and function are associated with declines in some aspects of cognitive performance. One phenomenon that may play an important role in cognitive aging is “neural dedifferentiation” – the finding that older adult brains tend to show less selective patterns of neural activity for certain types of information. This … Read more