The effectiveness of unitization in mitigating age-related relational learning impairments depends on existing cognitive status

摘要: Binding relations among items in the transverse patterning (TP) task is dependent on integrity of hippocampus and its extended network. Older adults have impaired TP learning, corresponding to age-related reductions hippocampal volumes. Unitization a training strategy that can mitigate impairments amnesia by reducing reliance hippocampal-dependent relational binding increasing fused representations. Here we examined whether healthy older those showing early signs cognitive decline would also benefit from unitization. Although both groups had neuropsychological performance within range, their learning differed under standard unitized conditions. Healthy with benefited training. who failed Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) showed greater conditions, no evidence improvement These individuals' failures unitization may be consequence deficits not seen pass MoCA.