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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2015

Idiosyncratic responding during movie-watching predicted by age differences in attentional control.

Karen L Campbell, Meredith A Shafto, Paul Wright, Kamen A Tsvetanov, Linda Geerligs, Rhodri Cusack, Cam-CAN, Lorraine K Tyler

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Karen L CampbellDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: karen@csl.psychol.cam.ac.uk.
Meredith A ShaftoDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Paul WrightDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Kamen A TsvetanovDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Linda GeerligsMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK.
Rhodri CusackThe Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Cam-CANCambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN), University of Cambridge and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK.
Lorraine K TylerDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H008217/1Medical Research Council MC_U105579215Medical Research Council MC_U105579226Medical Research Council MC_U105592690Medical Research Council MC_U105597119Wellcome Trust 103838
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Abstract

Much is known about how age affects the brain during tightly controlled, though largely contrived, experiments, but do these effects extrapolate to everyday life? Naturalistic stimuli, such as movies, closely mimic the real world and provide a window onto the brain's ability to respond in a timely and measured fashion to complex, everyday events. Young adults respond to these stimuli in a highly synchronized fashion, but it remains to be seen how age affects neural responsiveness during naturalistic viewing. To this end, we scanned a large (N = 218), population-based sample from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) during movie-watching. Intersubject synchronization declined with age, such that older adults' response to the movie was more idiosyncratic. This decreased synchrony related to cognitive measures sensitive to attentional control. Our findings suggest that neural responsivity changes with age, which likely has important implications for real-world event comprehension and memory.

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Motion PicturesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAgingAttentionBrainCognitionComprehensionCortical SynchronizationFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMemoryAgingAttentional controlfMRIIndependent components analysisIntersubject correlationNatural vision

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PMCPMC4706158

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