Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 696226
Executive functions and neural electrophysiological changes during young adulthood
Executive functions and neural electrophysiological changes during young adulthood, 2012., doktorska disertacija, JEKON, Centar za poslijediplomske studije, Zagreb
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Naslov
Executive functions and neural electrophysiological changes during young adulthood
Autori
Knežević, Martina
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, doktorska disertacija
Fakultet
JEKON, Centar za poslijediplomske studije
Mjesto
Zagreb
Datum
05.11
Godina
2012
Stranica
116
Mentor
Marinković, Ksenija i Išgum, Velimir
Ključne riječi
executive functions; protracted brain development; young adulthood; event-related potentials
Sažetak
Important changes take place after adolescent years, such as achieving legal adulthood, completing education, finding a full-time job and reaching financial independence. Cognitive challenges during this time are generally high and consist of different circumstances that require particular skills, such as organizing, planning, problem-solving and multi-tasking, often summarized under the heading - executive functions. These skills are essential for success in school and work situations, as well as everyday living. The aim of this study was to investigate timing, order of activation and brain dynamic changes during young adulthood (age 19 – 44 years), using event-related (ERP) brain activity and different forms of executive functioning. Late adolescents (aged 19 – 21 years), young adults (aged 23 – 27 years) and mid adults (aged 28 – 44 years) performed the go/no-go task designed to measure response inhibition, a modified four-color Stroop task designed to measure interference control, and a categorization task designed to induce perceptual (orthographic) and semantic word processing. Additionally, we explored how different processing demands influence incidental recall. Age differences were found in both performance measures and ERP components of executive functions. Our findings point to the continuation of age-related differences in brain maturational processes underling response inhibition, interference control and word processing after adolescence well into adulthood.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Psihologija
