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What do we GANE with age?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Matthew R. Nassar ,
Rasmus Bruckner  and
Ben Eppinger
Matthew R. Nassar
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 matthew_nassar@brown.edu
Rasmus Bruckner
Affiliation:
Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany r.bruckner@40fu-berlin.de International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE), Berlin, Germany
Ben Eppinger
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany ben.eppinger@concordia.ca Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, H4B 1R6 Quebec, Canada
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Abstract

Mather and colleagues provide an impressive cross-level account of how arousal levels modulate behavior, and they support it with data ranging from receptor pharmacology to measures of cognitive function. Here we consider two related questions: (1) Why should the brain engage in different arousal levels? and (2) What are the predicted consequences of age-related changes in norepinephrine signaling for cognitive function?

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e218
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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