Relationship between visuospatial episodic memory, processing speed and executive function: are they stable over a lifespan?
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ABSTRACT The present study evaluated the association between episodic memory, executive function and processing speed in a sample with different age ranges. We tested the hypothesis that processing speed, executive function and memory are more strongly associated during childhood and old age. We evaluated 571 participants, aged six to 92 years, divided into four age groups: children/adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults and older adults. Correlation analyses suggested that the shared variance between the processing speed and memory is strong in childhood but weak across other age ranges. Executive function, however, had a stronger association both in childhood and in old age, when compared with the intermediate stages. We conclude that the effects of processing speed and executive function on memory are not stable across human development. These functions may be compensatory mechanisms for memory functioning in childhood and old age.
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Processing speed, reaction time variability, and visuospatial abilities are not always considered executive functions.
“Processing speed, reaction time variability and visuospatial abilities were included in the review even though they are not always considered EFs (Dias et al., 2018).”
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- Authors
- Dias, B. F., Rezende, L. O., Malloy-Diniz, L. F., & Paula, J. J. D.
- Affiliations
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Venue
- Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
- Publisher
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 89-92
- ISSN
- 0004-282X (ISSN-L)
- 1678-4227
- OpenAlex
- W2790144861
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 2.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- processing speed, executive function, lifespan development, cognitive aging, compensatory mechanisms, children and adolescents, older adults, age-related cognitive decline
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Child, Cognition, Female, Humans, Life Cycle Stages, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Mental Recall, Reference Values, Time Factors, Young Adult, Executive Function, Memory, Episodic, Spatial Memory
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