The effects of mindfulness meditation on mechanisms of attentional control in young and older adults: a preregistered eye tracking study.
eNeuro July 7, 2025 Andy Jeesu Kim, Keran Chen, Ying Tian et al.
Neuroimaging data reveal that a functional locus coeruleus-noradrenaline (LC-NA) system is critical in maintaining cognitive performance during aging. However, older adults show reduced LC integrity and altered functional connectivity, demonstrating both structural declines and dysfunction. The LC-NA system mediates mechanisms of attention processing and eye tracking studies have shown that...