Dr Lya Paas Oliveros from University Hospital Düsseldorf will present her research giving a presentation on the topic of: Neural correlates of age-related differences in dual-task performance.
Abstract:
Performing two tasks simultaneously or in close succession comes with costs in speed and accuracy compared to single tasks, especially in older adults. In a society where people are increasingly accustomed to juggling several tasks simultaneously, interest in the underlying mechanisms of dual-task interference has increased. Thereby, it is crucial to understand how response characteristics affect the costs of dual-tasking, especially facing a rapidly aging society. This talk will delve into age-related differences in both behavioral and neural correlates of dual-task interference, focusing on the impact of spatially incongruent manual responses to auditory stimuli, and their associations with executive functioning. Additionally, I will discuss findings and challenges of predicting individual executive functioning abilities from structural and functional brain network characteristics.