PMID- 25223905 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160216 LR - 20211021 IS - 1872-6240 (Electronic) IS - 0006-8993 (Print) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 1612 DP - 2015 Jul 1 TI - Age differences in self-referencing: Evidence for common and distinct encoding strategies. PG - 118-27 LID - S0006-8993(14)01108-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.08.033 [doi] AB - Although engagement of medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) underlies self-referencing of information for younger and older adults, the region has not consistently been implicated across age groups for the encoding of self-referenced information. We sought to determine whether making judgments about others as well as the self influenced findings in the previous study. During an fMRI session, younger and older adults encoded adjectives using only a self-reference task. For items later remembered compared to those later forgotten, both age groups robustly recruited medial prefrontal cortex, indicating common neural regions support encoding across younger and older adults when participants make only self-reference judgments. Focal age differences emerged in regions related to emotional processing and cognitive control, though these differences are more limited than in tasks in which judgments also are made about others. We conclude that making judgments about another person differently affects the ways that younger and older adults make judgments about the self, with results of a follow-up behavioral study supporting this interpretation. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Memory and Aging. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Gutchess, Angela H AU - Gutchess AH AD - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA. Electronic address: gutchess@brandeis.edu. FAU - Sokal, Rebecca AU - Sokal R AD - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. FAU - Coleman, Jennifer A AU - Coleman JA AD - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. FAU - Gotthilf, Gina AU - Gotthilf G AD - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA. FAU - Grewal, Lauren AU - Grewal L AD - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. FAU - Rosa, Nicole AU - Rosa N AD - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. LA - eng GR - P41 RR014075/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AG032382/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R21AG032382/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20140916 PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Age Factors MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Aging/*physiology/*psychology MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Brain/anatomy & histology/blood supply/*physiology MH - Brain Mapping MH - Echo-Planar Imaging MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted MH - Judgment MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging MH - Male MH - Neuropsychological Tests MH - Oxygen/blood MH - Photic Stimulation MH - Recognition, Psychology/*physiology MH - *Self Concept MH - Vocabulary MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC4362921 MID - NIHMS628283 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aging OT - fMRI OT - memory OT - self EDAT- 2014/09/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/02/18 06:00 PMCR- 2016/07/01 CRDT- 2014/09/17 06:00 PHST- 2014/05/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/08/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/08/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/02/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-8993(14)01108-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.08.033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 2015 Jul 1;1612:118-27. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.08.033. Epub 2014 Sep 16.