Open AccessInformation processing deficit in older adults with HIV infection: A comparison with Parkinson’s disease.
Author(s) -
Saranya Sundaram,
Eva M. MűllerOehring,
Rosemary Fama,
Helen BrontëStewart,
Kathleen L. Poston,
Ryan Goodcase,
Talora Martin,
Varsha Prabhakar,
Joshua A. Karpf,
Tilman Schulte
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1931-1559
pISSN - 0894-4105
DOI - 10.1037/neu0000500
Subject(s) - psychology , stroop effect , cognition , neurotypical , cart , audiology , parkinson's disease , disease , psychiatry , medicine , autism , mechanical engineering , autism spectrum disorder , engineering
Individuals with HIV treated with antiretroviral therapy can expect to reach average life span, making them susceptible to combined disease and aging effects on cognitive and motor functions. Slowed processing speed in HIV is a concern for cognitive and everyday functioning and is sensitive to declines in aging. We hypothesized that information processing (IP) deficits, over and above that expected with normal aging, would occur in older HIV patients similar to those observed in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, with both conditions affecting frontostriatal pathways.