Neuropsychology of aging; normal cognitive aging; MCI; biological aspects related to cognitive aging, Alzheimer's disease, age-related changes in the processing of information; age-related slowing; attention and psychomotor functions in aging; association between cognitive decline and motor decline in aging; myelin degeneration in normal and pathological aging. Lifespan changes in cognition and their association to psychobiological factors.
Projects:
1. Psychomotor decline of speech production in Alzheimer’s disease and normal aging and their association with myelin degeneration.
2. Cognitive-motor declines (hand dexterity and gait) and brain changes in normal aging, MCI and early Alzheimer's disease.
3. Dual-tasks and cognitive aging.
4. Lung function and cognition in the lifespan.