Cognitive Aging Research: Agreeing on Key Termsā Definitions
Interpreting age-related changes and differences in brain structure, activation and functional connectivity is an ongoing challenge. Ambiguous terminology is a major source of this challenge. For example, the terms ācompensationā, āmaintenanceā, and āreserveā are used in different ways by researchers. Most of the time, they disagree about the kind of evidence or patterns of results required to interpret findings related to these concepts.
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In an opinion article published inĢżNature Neuroscience Reviews, researchers led by Dr.Maria Natasha Rajah (Douglas Brain Imaging Centre, Ā鶹AV) and Dr.Roberto Cabeza (Duke University) explained how they sharpened the definitions of some of these popular terms associated with aging.
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