Projects

COGNITIVE AGING AND DEMENTIA

Cognitive decline in normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease

• Psychomotor decline of speech production in Alzheimer’s disease and normal aging and their association with age-related brain degeneration (volumetry, DTI, VBM).
• fMRI pilot study of verbal performance in young and healthy older adults
• Association between cognitive decline and gait changes in healthy elderly and mild AD patients.
• Age-related differences in auditory attention in dual-task situations.
• Role of attentional capacities on fine motor functions in aging.

Life-span projects

• Pulmonary function and cognitive development from adolescence to old age.

Dementia-disease initiation (DDI)