摘要：Agrowing number of studies suggests that the deleterious effect of aging can be modulated by various aspects of experience in everyday life, such as education (e.g. Stem, 2009), which may contribute to the relative preservation of some cognitive abilities ("successful aging). Moreover, optimal cognitive functioning in well-educated older adults has often been linked with changes in patterns of brain activations for many aspects of perception and cognition (e.g. Cabeza, 2002). However, few studies have investigated the neurofunctional changes underlying expressive language abilities such as verbal fluency. The goal of this study was to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (IRI) to assess the effect of aging on a verbal fluency task with regards to highly educated younger and older adults.
