https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/635749
標題: | Age-related differences in associative memory recognition of Chinese characters and hippocampal subfield volumes | 作者: | Lai, Ya Mei YU-LING CHANG |
關鍵字: | Aging | Associative memory | False recognition | Hippocampal subfields | Pattern separation | 公開日期: | 1-十月-2023 | 卷: | 183 | 來源出版物: | Biological Psychology | 摘要: | Associative memory is a type of hippocampal-dependent episodic memory that declines with age. Studies have examined the neural substrates underlying associative memory and considered the hippocampus holistically; however, the association between associative memory decline and volumetric change in hippocampal subfields in the context of normal aging remains uncharacterized. Leveraging the distinct linguistic features of Chinese characters to evaluate distinct types of false recognition, we investigated age-related differences in associative recognition and hippocampal subfield volumes, as well as the relationship between behavioral performance and hippocampal morphometry in 25 younger adults and 32 older adults. The results showed an age-related associative memory deficit, which was exacerbated after a 30-min delay. Older adults showed higher susceptibility to false alarm errors with recombined and orthographically related foils compared to phonologically or semantically related ones. Moreover, we detected a disproportionately age-related, time-dependent increase in orthographic errors. Older adults exhibited smaller volumes in all hippocampal subfields when compared to younger adults, with a less pronounced effect observed in the CA2/3 subfield. Group-collapsed correlational analyses revealed associations between specific hippocampal subfields and associative memory but not item memory. Additionally, multi-subfield regions had prominent associations with delayed recognition. These findings underscore the significance of multiple hippocampal subfields in various hippocampal-dependent processes including associative memory, recollection-based retrieval, and pattern separation ability. Moreover, our observations of age-related difficulty in differentiating perceptually similar foils from targets provide a unique opportunity for examining the essential contribution of individual hippocampal subfields to the pattern separation process in mnemonic recognition. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/635749 | ISSN: | 03010511 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108657 |
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