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Title: | The assessment of executive function abilities in healthy and neurodegenerative aging—A selective literature review. |
Authors: | Idowu, MI Szameitat, AJ Parton, A |
Keywords: | executive functions tasks;dual-tasking;inhibition;shifting;working memory updating;cognitive aging;mild cognitive impairment;Alzheimer’s disease |
Issue Date: | 26-Mar-2024 |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Citation: | Idowu, M.I., Szameitat, A.J. and Parton, A. (2024) 'The assessment of executive function abilities in healthy and neurodegenerative aging—A selective literature review.', Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 16, 1334309, pp. 1 - 15. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1334309. |
Abstract: | Numerous studies have examined executive function (EF) abilities in cognitively healthy older adults and those living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Currently, there are no standard accepted protocols for testing specific EFs; thus, researchers have used their preferred tool, which leads to variability in assessments of decline in a particular ability across studies. Therefore, there is a need for guidance as to themost sensitive tests for assessing EF decline. A search of the most current literature published between 2000 and 2022 on EF studies assessing cognitively healthy older adults and individuals living with MCI and AD was conducted using PubMed/Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Emphasis was placed on the EF’s dual-tasking, inhibition, shifting or switching, and working memory updating. Many tasks and their outcomes were reviewed. Of particular importance was the dierence in outcomes for tasks applied to the same group of participants. These various EF assessment tools demonstrate dierences in eectively identifying decline in EF ability due to the aging process and neurodegenerative conditions, such as MCI and AD. This review identifies various factors to consider in using particular EF tasks in particular populations, including task demand and stimuli factors, and also when comparing diering results across studies. |
Description: | Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2024.1334309/full#supplementary-material . |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/28634 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2024.1334309 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: André J. Szameitat https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9387-7722 ORCiD: Andrew Parton https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0633-7846 1334309 1334309 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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