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Aperiodic component of EEG power spectrum and cognitive performance are modulated by education in aging.
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- Linking Age Changes in Human Cortical Microcircuits to Impaired Brain Function and EEG Biomarkers.Aging cell · 2026Article
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- A Novel Demographic Indicator Fusion Network (DIFNet) for Dynamic Fusion of EEG and Demographic Indicators for Robust Depression Detection.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Alterations in aperiodic neural activity associated with major depressive disorder.Nature. Mental health · 2025Article
- Aperiodic EEG signatures: unveiling the interplay between APOE ε4 and mild cognitive impairment subtypes.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Recent studies have shown a growing interest in the so-called "aperiodic" component of the EEG power spectrum, which describes the overall trend of the whole spectrum with a linear or exponential function. In the field of brain aging, this aperiodic component is associated both with age-related changes and performance on cognitive tasks. This study aims to elucidate the potential role of education in moderating the relationship between resting-state EEG features (including aperiodic component) and cognitive performance in aging. N = 179 healthy participants of the "Leipzig Study for Mind-Body-Emotion Interactions" (LEMON) dataset were divided into three groups based on age and education. Older adults exhibited lower exponent, offset (i.e. measures of aperiodic component), and Individual Alpha Peak Frequency (IAPF) as compared to younger adults. Moreover, visual attention and working memory were differently associated with the aperiodic component depending on education: in older adults with high education, higher exponent predicted slower processing speed and less working memory capacity, while an opposite trend was found in those with low education. While further investigation is needed, this study shows the potential modulatory role of education in the relationship between the aperiodic component of the EEG power spectrum and aging cognition.
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