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Neurocognitive Markers of Aging

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Synonyms

Cognitive markers; Neurobiological markers; Neurofunctional markers

Definition

Neurocognitive markers correspond to the components of cognition, along with their neurobiological and neurofunctional bases, that exhibit changes along the trajectory of normal aging.

Introduction

The aging of societies and globalization of activities both characterize the twenty-first century. Sustaining active aging, and particularly cognitive health, is one of the leading global public health priorities (WHO 2015). Aging is a dynamic process that spans across the entire life course. In order to distinguish between the normal evolution of cognition across the lifespan and cognitive impairments due to neurodegenerative diseases, it is critical to recognize the different neurocognitive markers in aging. This entry provides a description of those markers at both the functional and structural level, while also addressing the neurofunctional reorganization that occurs and is responsible for the...

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  1. Centre de recherche, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, 4565 ch. Reine-Marie, H3W 1W5, Montréal, Canada

    Tanya Dash & Yves Joanette

  2. École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, 4565 ch. Reine-Marie, H3W 1W5, Montréal, Canada

    Tanya Dash

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Dash, T., Joanette, Y. (2016). Neurocognitive Markers of Aging. In: Pachana, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_302-1

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