Are age-related changes in cognitive function driven by age-related changes in sensory processing?

LE Humes, TA Busey, J Craig… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2013 - Springer
Although there has been keen interest in the association among measures of sensory
function and cognitive function for many years, in general, measures of sensory function …

The strong connection between sensory and cognitive performance in old age: not due to sensory acuity reductions operating during cognitive assessment.

U Lindenberger, H Scherer, PB Baltes - Psychology and aging, 2001 - psycnet.apa.org
Cognitive aging research has documented a strong increase in the covariation between
sensory and cognitive functioning with advancing age. In part, this finding may reflect …

The effects of age on sensory thresholds and temporal gap detection in hearing, vision, and touch

LE Humes, TA Busey, JC Craig… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2009 - Springer
Differences in sensory function between young (n 5 42, 18—31 years old) and older (n 5
137, 60—88 years old) adults were examined for auditory, visual, and tactile measures of …

Emergence of a powerful connection between sensory and cognitive functions across the adult life span: a new window to the study of cognitive aging?

PB Baltes, U Lindenberger - Psychology and aging, 1997 - psycnet.apa.org
Six hundred eighty seven individuals ages 25–103 years were studied cross-sectionally to
examine the relationship between measures of sensory functioning (visual and auditory …

Perception and cognition in the ageing brain: A brief review of the short-and long-term links between perceptual and cognitive decline

KL Roberts, HA Allen - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Ageing is associated with declines in both perception and cognition. We review evidence for
an interaction between perceptual and cognitive decline in old age. Impoverished …

Relations between aging sensory/sensorimotor and cognitive functions

KZH Li, U Lindenberger - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
Recent evidence is reviewed to examine relations among sensory, sensorimotor, and
cognitive aging. Age-heterogeneous cross-sectional data sets show substantial covariation …

Selective review of cognitive aging

TA Salthouse - Journal of the International neuropsychological …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Research concerned with relations between adult age and cognitive functioning is briefly
reviewed. The coverage is necessarily selective, and is organized in terms of five major …

Visual function and cognitive speed of processing mediate age-related decline in memory span and fluid intelligence

OJ Clay, JD Edwards, LA Ross, O Okonkwo… - 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between sensory and cognitive decline, particularly
with respect to speed of processing, memory span, and fluid intelligence. In addition, the …

Implications of perceptual deterioration for cognitive aging research.

BA Schneider, MK Pichora-Fuller - 2000 - psycnet.apa.org
Argues that perception and cognition must be considered as parts of an integrated system if
researchers are to understand how they are affected by age. The authors review evidence …

A reevaluation of the common factor theory of shared variance among age, sensory function, and cognitive function in older adults

KJ Anstey, MA Luszcz, L Sanchez - The Journals of Gerontology …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The common cause hypothesis of the relationship among age, sensory measures, and
cognitive measures in very old adults was reevaluated. Both sensory function and …