Functional Dedifferentiation and Altered Connectivity in Older Adults: Neural Accounts of Cognitive Aging

Aging is associated with myriad changes in behavioral performance and brain structure and function. Given this complex interplay of brain and behavior, two streams of findings are reviewed here that show that aging is generally associated with dedifferentiated neural processes, and also changes in f...

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