Separate but not independent: Behavioral pattern separation and statistical learning are differentially affected by aging

• Published in: Cognition Vol. 239; p. 105564
• Main Authors: Wang, Helena Shizhe, Köhler, Stefan, Batterink, Laura J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Cognitive aging; hippocampus; Pattern separation; Statistical learning; Cognitive aging; hippocampus; Statistical learning; Pattern separation

Our brains are capable of discriminating similar inputs (pattern separation) and rapidly generalizing across inputs (statistical learning). Are these two processes dissociable in behavior? Here, we asked whether cognitive aging affects them in a differential or parallel manner. Older and younger adu...