Honors Program Theses
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Open Access Honors Program Thesis
First Advisor
Angela Burda
Keywords
Brain--Aging; Executive functions (Neuropsychology);
Abstract
In this pilot study, twenty-nine participants completed the following three executive function tests: the Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive System, the Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies, and Auditory Process Training. Participants, aged blank to blank, were divided into two age groups: young adults, which was comprised of 16 participants, and older adults, which was comprised of 13 participants. Performance means of the two groups were established and compared. There were no predictive qualities to the younger adults’ scores, and there were only in two FAVRES subtests for the older adults: accuracy and reasoning. Further research is needed in this area.
Year of Submission
2015
Department
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University Honors Designation
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors
Date Original
2015
Object Description
1 PDF file (1 volume (unpaged))
Copyright
© 2015 Rachel Carmen
Language
EN
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Carmen, Rachel, "Attention test performance and normal aging: the effect on executive function" (2015). Honors Program Theses. 162.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/162
