Ruiz-Rizzo, A.L. and Sorg, C. and Napiórkowski, N. and Neitzel, J. and Menegaux, A. and Muller, Hermann and Vangkilde, S. and Finke, K. (2018) Decreased cingulo-opercular network functional connectivity mediates the impact of aging on visual processing speed. Neurobiology of Aging 73 , pp. 50-60. ISSN 0197-4580.
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Abstract
The neural factors that account for the visual processing speed reduction in aging are incompletely understood. Based on previous reports of age-related decreases in the intrinsic functional connectivity (iFC) within the cingulo-opercular network and its relevance for processing speed, we hypothesized that these decreases are associated with age-related reductions in visual processing speed. We used a whole-report task and modeling based on Bundesen's `theory of visual attention' to parameterize visual processing speed in 91 healthy participants aged from 20 to 77 years. iFC was estimated using independent component analysis of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data. From the clusters within the cingulo-opercular network exhibiting age-related decreased iFC, we found a cluster in the left insula to be particularly associated with visual processing speed and to mediate the age effect on visual speed. This mediation was not observed for age-related decreased iFC in other networks or for other attentional parameters. Our results point to the iFC in the cingulo-opercular network, represented by the left insula, as being a relevant marker for visual processing speed changes in aging.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Cingulo-opercular network, Functional connectivity, Healthy aging, Processing speed, Resting-state fMRI |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Hermann Muller |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2019 10:43 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:50 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/27066 |
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