Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 22 pp 23351—23378

Cognitive reserve and network efficiency as compensatory mechanisms of the effect of aging on phonemic fluency

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Figure 3. Graph results for CR by age groups. For global efficiency and transitivity measures, network densities are displayed on the x-axis from min = 20% to max = 40%, in steps of 1%. Between-group differences in the efficiency measures are displayed on the y-axis. Between-group differences are significant when the red circles fall out of the blue-shaded area. CR, cognitive reserve. HP, high performance. OA+highCR, older age participants with high CR. YA+lowCR, younger age participants with low CR. OA+lowCR, older age participants with low CR. YA+highCR, younger age participants with high CR. n.s., non significant results (p>0.05).