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Awareness of cognitive abilities and mindfulness in healthy older adults

Meister, Jonah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399042369

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2014, BS, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Impaired awareness of cognitive abilities, termed anosognosia, is present and well documented in dementia, but work utilizing metacognitive models to understand cognitive awareness in healthy older adults has been less conclusive. Mindfulness, involving attention to cognition and sensations, may play a role in awareness. This study examined accuracy in predicting cognitive ability in healthy older adults, and whether the link between subjective and objective cognition is strengthened by mindfulness. 59 cognitively healthy older adults completed neuropsychological testing and self-report measures of cognitive difficulty and mindfulness. Analyses revealed better objective cognition was linked to better subjective cognition. Global mindfulness did not moderate this relationship. Results indicate healthy older adults are aware of their cognitive abilities, and the anosognosia seen in dementia does not accompany normal aging. Greater mindfulness does not appear to strengthen awareness. However, further work is needed to explore awareness and mindfulness across the spectrum of normal to impaired cognition, due to potential restricted range imposed by our focus on cognitively healthy subjects.
Mary Beth Spitznagel (Advisor)
40 p.
Aging; Clinical Psychology; Psychology

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  • Meister, J. (2014). Awareness of cognitive abilities and mindfulness in healthy older adults [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399042369

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Meister, Jonah. Awareness of cognitive abilities and mindfulness in healthy older adults . 2014. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399042369.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Meister, Jonah. "Awareness of cognitive abilities and mindfulness in healthy older adults ." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399042369

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