Rapid auditory processing in healthy aging
MEG recordings during rapid auditory stimulation in younger (upper graph) and older adults
Sörös P, Teismann IK, Manemann E, Lütkenhöner B. Auditory temporal processing in healthy aging: a magnetoencephalographic study. BMC Neuroscience 2009. PubMed | PDF
The findings of the present MEG study do not provide evidence for the hypothesis that auditory temporal processing, as measured by the decrement (short-term habituation) of the major auditory evoked component, the N1m wave, is impaired in aging. Significantly larger amplitudes of the P1m and N1m waves suggest that the cortical processing of individual sounds differs between younger and older individuals. This result adds to the growing evidence that brain functions, such as sensory processing, motor control and cognitive processing, can change during healthy aging, presumably due to experience-dependent neuroplastic mechanisms.
Presentations
Sörös P. The auditory short-term decrement: characteristics and interindividual variability. Presentation at the Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2002). PDF
Sörös P. Age-related changes in cortical auditory processing. Presentation at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada (2007). PDF
Sörös P. Changes of Brain Function in Healthy Aging. Presentation at the Geriatrics Conference, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Columbia, SC (2010). PDF
