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Age-Related Differences in Functional AsymmetryDuring Memory Retrieval Revisited: No Evidence forContralateral Overactivation or Compensation

Roe, James Michael; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sneve, Markus Handal; Kompus, Kristiina; Greve, Douglas N.; Walhovd, Kristine B; Fjell, Anders Martin; Westerhausen, René
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2020
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1784269

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Cerebral Cortex. 2020, 30 (3), 1129-1147, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz153
Abstract
Brain asymmetry is inherent to cognitive processing and seems to reflect processing efficiency. Lower frontal asymmetry is often observed in older adults during memory retrieval, yet it is unclear whether lower asymmetry implies an age-related increase in contralateral recruitment, whether less asymmetry reflects compensation, is limited to frontal regions, or predicts neurocognitive stability or decline. We assessed age-related differences in asymmetry across the entire cerebral cortex, using functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 89 young and 76 older adults during successful retrieval, and surface-based methods allowing direct homotopic comparison of activity between cortical hemispheres . An extensive left-asymmetric network facilitated retrieval in both young and older adults, whereas diverse frontal and parietal regions exhibited lower asymmetry in older adults. However, lower asymmetry was not associated with age-related increases in contralateral recruitment but primarily reflected either less deactivation in contralateral regions reliably signaling retrieval failure in the young or lower recruitment of the dominant hemisphere—suggesting that functional deficits may drive lower asymmetry in older brains, not compensatory activity. Lower asymmetry predicted neither current memory performance nor the extent of memory change across the preceding ~ 8 years in older adults. Together, these findings are inconsistent with a compensation account for lower asymmetry during retrieval and aging.
 
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