Subjective Memory Complaints and Decision Making in Young and Older Adults: An Event-Related Potential Study

Garrido-Chaves, Ruth ; Perez, Vanesa ; Perez-Alarcón, Mario ; Crespo-Sanmiguel, Isabel ; Paiva, Tiago O. ; Hidalgo, Vanesa (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Pulopulos, Matias M. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Salvador, Alicia

Resumen: Subjective memory complaints (SMCs) may affect decision-making processes. This study aimed to investigate the neuronal correlates of feedback processing during a decision-making task in young and older adults with and without SMCs. Event-related potentials and behavioral performance during the Iowa gambling task were recorded in a total of 136 participants (65 young adults, 71 older adults). The participants were divided into two groups according to their SMCs (with SMCs: n = 60, without SMCs: n = 76). Feedback-related negativity (FRN) and P3 were analyzed in the feedback stage of the decision-making process. Older adults with SMCs scored worse in the ambiguity phase than older adults without SMCs. The FRN latency was longer for losses in older people with SMCs than in older people without SMCs in the first block. No significant differences between young and older adults with and without SMCs were observed in the other ERP measures. Compared to young adults, older adults showed delayed latency in the FRN component and reduced amplitudes and delayed latency in the P3 component. In conclusion, older people with SMCs present deficits in the decision-making process. These deficits are observed at the behavioral level, but also in neural mechanisms of early feedback processing of negative outcomes. Copyright © 2021 Garrido-Chaves, Perez, Perez-Alarcón, Crespo-Sanmiguel, Paiva, Hidalgo, Pulopulos and Salvador.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.695275

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Frontiers in aging neuroscience 13 (2021), 695275 [14 pp.]
ISSN: 1663-4365

Factor impacto JCR: 5.702 (2021)

Categ. JCR: NEUROSCIENCES rank: 67 / 275 = 0.244 (2021) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY rank: 16 / 54 = 0.296 (2021) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.4 - Neuroscience (Q2) - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.324 - Cognitive Neuroscience (Q1) - Aging (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PSI2016-78763
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PSI2017-90806

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Psicobiología (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)