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标题：Le déclin des fonctions exécutives au cours du vieillissement normal, dans la maladie d’Alzheimer et dans la démence frontotemporale
作者：Louis Bherer ; Sylvie Belleville ; Carol Hudon 等
期刊名称：Psychologie & NeuroPsychiatrie du vieillissement
印刷版ISSN：1760-1703
电子版ISSN：1950-6988
出版年度：2004
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：181-189
出版社：John Libbey Eurotext
摘要：An increasing number of studies suggest that executive functions are among the first cognitive functions to bear negative effects of normal aging. Executive functions also appear to be early affected in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia. This article reviews studies in neuropsychology and experimental cognitive psychology with a focus on normal aging, Alzheimer’s disease as well as frontotemporal dementia. Study results suggest that so called executive tasks are not equally impaired by normal aging or dementia in agreement with the recent theoretical models, which state that a set of distinct elementary mecanisms subserve the executive control of cognitive behavior. These models are therefore particularly relevant to address issues stemming from aging.
关键词：executive function; aging; dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; frontotemporal dementia