Differences in long- and short-term memory performance and brain matter integrity in seniors with different physical activity experience
| Autor: | Ainārs Stepens, Kristīne Šneidere, Zane Ulmane, Voldemārs Arnis, Jeļena Harlamova, Jeremy C. Young, Kārlis Kupčs, Nourah Alruwais, Jennifer Rusted, Iveta Mintāle, Nicholas G. Dowell, Andra Vanaga |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Short-term memory performance
Multidisciplinary Physical activity interventions Demographics short-term memory Science Physical activity physical activity diffuse tensor imaging working memory 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Chronic disease long-term memory 030212 general & internal medicine Cognitive skill Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Brain matter Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Natural Sciences, Vol 73, Iss 2, Pp 158-163 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1407-009X |
| Popis: | Due to increasing changes in demographics, maintaining cognitive functioning later in life has become both economic and social concerns, and thus finding a cost-effective solution is one of the priorities in research. Factors like physical and intellectual activities have been associated with better cognitive performance in later life. While several studies have considered the impact of short-term physical activity interventions on cognitive functioning, retrospective research focusing on life-time physical activity experience has been sparse. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between memory performance and whole brain matter integrity in seniors with different regular life-long physical activity experience. Fifty-three Latvian seniors aged 65–85 (M = 72.25, SD = 5.03, 83% female) with no self-reported chronic disease participated in the study. Measures of memory, physical activity and whole brain matter integrity were obtained and analysed. The obtained results indicated no significant relationship between physical activity experience and short and long-term memory and whole brain matter integrity; however, brain matter integrity was significantly correlated with demographic factors like age and education. These results might be related to inadequate physical activity measures, as well as unequal physical activity experience in participants. In the future, more detailed assessment of physical activity experience should be considered. |
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