Grant: Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

The successful completion of day- today activities such as making breakfast, getting dressed, and driving requires efficient mental processes such as cognitive inhibition. Various behavioral and neurological data suggests that successful completion of day- today activities is impaired in older adults due to decrease in three distinct cognitive inhibitory mechanisms. The purpose of my research will be to examine the relationship between the three inhibitory mechanisms and working memory in older adults. This proposed study will lead to a better understanding of how the working memory will influence inhibitory processes. This in turn will help us in developing training strategies that will will maximize and maintain completion of daily activities in older adults.