Cognitive aging at work and in daily life—a narrative review on challenges due to age-related changes in central cognitive functions

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Daniel Schneider¹  Patrick D. Gajewski¹  Julian E. Reiser¹  Melanie Karthaus¹  Edmund Wascher¹  Stephan Getzmann² 

[1] Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical University of Dortmund (IfADo), Dortmund, Germany;null;

关键词: executive functions;    cognitive control;    aging;    daily life;    work-related activities;    EEG;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1232344

 received in 2023-05-31, accepted in 2023-07-28,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Demographic change is leading to an increasing proportion of older employees in the labor market. At the same time, work activities are becoming more and more complex and require a high degree of flexibility, adaptability, and cognitive performance. Cognitive control mechanism, which is subject to age-related changes and is important in numerous everyday and work activities, plays a special role. Executive functions with its core functions updating, shifting, and inhibition comprises cognitive control mechanisms that serve to plan, coordinate, and achieve higher-level goals especially in inexperienced and conflicting actions. In this review, influences of age-related changes in cognitive control are demonstrated with reference to work and real-life activities, in which the selection of an information or response in the presence of competing but task-irrelevant stimuli or responses is particularly required. These activities comprise the understanding of spoken language under difficult listening conditions, dual-task walking, car driving in critical traffic situations, and coping with work interruptions. Mechanisms for compensating age-related limitations in cognitive control and their neurophysiological correlates are discussed with a focus on EEG measures. The examples illustrate how to access influences of age and cognitive control on and in everyday and work activities, focusing on its functional role for the work ability and well-being of older people.

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