Exploring Episodic Memory in Older Former High School Athletes with Preliminary Findings from an Inclusive Face‐Name fMRI Task

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I publikationen:Alzheimer's & Dementia vol. 21 (Dec 1, 2025)
Huvudupphov: Broadnax, Michaela
Övriga upphov: Leskow, Julia, Veliz, Philip, Seagly, Katharine, Eckner, James T, Varangis, Eleanna
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100 1 |a Broadnax, Michaela  |u University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
245 1 |a Exploring Episodic Memory in Older Former High School Athletes with Preliminary Findings from an Inclusive Face‐Name fMRI Task 
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520 3 |a Background Older adults with a history of sport‐related concussions and repetitive head impacts report increased difficulty forming new episodic memories. A common task of episodic memory in older adults is a face‐name memory task, however current versions of the task include faces that are not always representative of retired athlete populations, and frequently include faces of predominantly younger adults. The present study shows preliminary feasibility data for a novel inclusive face‐name memory task developed specifically for use in the context of an fMRI scan. Methods We created a racially inclusive face‐name memory task tailored for middle‐aged and older adults (age 50‐80; target n=100) for use in an MRI scanner. The task is comprised of 2 6‐minute runs, each including 3 blocks of encoding and retrieval phases, and featuring 4 face‐name pairs per block representing diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Participants perform the task during an fMRI neuroimaging session to evaluate both behavioral performance on the task as well as the neural correlates of memory encoding and retrieval. Participants in the present study included men (n =4) and women (n =5) who had participated in at least 2 years of sport in High School, but ceased participation in organized sport after High School (ages 51‐77). Sport participation was classified as collision (n =3) vs. non‐contact (n =1) sport for male participants, and contact/collision (n =3) vs. non‐contact (n =2) sport for female participants. Results Preliminary behavioral data from the first 9 participants indicate that participants generally perform quite well on the in‐scanner task (ranging from 50‐100% accuracy; mean = 78.7%), and that overall task performance is correlated with Fluid (r=0.839; p =0.005), but not Crystalized (r=0.156; p =0.688) cognition (NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery), and while not significantly correlated, it seems to generally track with a face‐name memory task included as part of the NIH Toolbox battery (r=0.355; p =0.349). Conclusions Preliminary data suggest that our novel in‐scanner face‐name episodic memory task is feasible for older former High School athletes to perform in an MRI scanner, and that performance seems to track with other standardized assessments of Fluid cognition. 
653 |a Episodic memory 
653 |a Young adults 
653 |a Scanners 
653 |a Concussion 
653 |a Schools 
653 |a Cognition 
653 |a Novels 
653 |a Encoding (Cognitive process) 
653 |a Functional magnetic resonance imaging 
653 |a Secondary schools 
653 |a Retrieval 
653 |a Student athletes 
653 |a Older people 
653 |a Task performance 
653 |a Athletes 
653 |a Cognition & reasoning 
653 |a Neuroimaging 
653 |a Brain damage 
653 |a Participation 
653 |a Feasibility 
653 |a Encoding 
653 |a Data 
653 |a Adults 
653 |a Memory 
653 |a Sports participation 
653 |a Retirement 
653 |a Memories 
653 |a Academic achievement 
700 1 |a Leskow, Julia  |u University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
700 1 |a Veliz, Philip  |u Michigan Concussion Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
700 1 |a Seagly, Katharine  |u Michigan Concussion Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
700 1 |a Eckner, James T  |u Michigan Concussion Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
700 1 |a Varangis, Eleanna  |u University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
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