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Application of a cognitive neuroscience perspective of cognitive control to late-life anxiety
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Recent evidence supports a negative association between anxiety and cognitive control. Given age-related reductions in some cognitive abilities and the relation of late life anxiety to cognitive impairment, this negative association may be particularly relevant to older adults. This critical review conceptualizes anxiety and cognitive control from cognitive neuroscience and cognitive aging theoretical perspectives and evaluates the methodological approaches and measures used to assess cognitive control. Consistent with behavioral investigations of young adults, the studies reviewed implicate specific and potentially negative effects of anxiety on cognitive control processes in older adults. Hypotheses regarding the role of both aging and anxiety on cognitive control, the bi-directionality between anxiety and cognitive control, and the potential for specific symptoms of anxiety (particularly worry) to mediate this association, are specified and discussed.
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“Thus, results suggest that the dACC detects conflict, while the rACC evaluates emotional information and is potentially involved in emotion regulation (Beaudreau, Brandt, & Reynolds, 2013; Bishop et al., 2004; Etkin et al., 2006; Mohanty et al., 2007; Moser, Moran, & Jendrusina, 2012).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Beaudreau, S. A., MacKay-Brandt, A., & Reynolds, J.
- Affiliations
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- University of Denver (US)
- Corresponding author
- Beaudreau, Sherry A.
- ORCID
- Beaudreau, Sherry A.
- Venue
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-08
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 559-566
- ISSN
- 0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3762945
- OpenAlex
- W2016271359
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 0.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH020004)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- cognitive control, late-life anxiety, older adults, cognitive aging, cognitive impairment, worry, age-related cognitive decline
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Anxiety, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Neuropsychological Tests, Neurosciences
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