Age-Related Changes in Cognitive and Sensory Processing: Focus on Middle-Aged Adults

American Journal of Audiology
Larry E Humes

Abstract

To examine the effects of age on: (1) various psychophysical measures of threshold sensitivity and temporal processing in hearing, vision and touch; and (2) measures of cognitive processing as assessed by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, 3rd Edition. Age group differences and correlations with age are examined, as are associations among age, sensory processing and cognition. The group analyses showed significant differences on most sensory and cognitive measures such that middle-aged adults performed significantly worse than young adults and significantly better than older adults. Correlations of performance with age were also significant when analyses were restricted to just the young and middle-aged adults. Finally, sensory processing, but not age, was significantly correlated with cognitive processing when analyses were restricted to just the young and older adults. Middle-aged adults experienced declines in both sensory and cognitive processing. The declines in both the cognitive and sensory domains were such that, for most measures in each domain, the performance of middle-aged adults fell somewhere between that of young and older adults.

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Jan 11, 2019·The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences·Carla R SchubertTed S Tweed
Apr 2, 2019·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·Carla R SchubertKaren J Cruickshanks
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