Resurrecting Brinley Plots for a Novel Use: Meta-Analyses of Functional Brain Imaging Data in Older Adults

Figure 5

Contiguous clusters in right frontal cortex where the slope is −1. Several clusters were identified in the secondary analysis to assess for areas where activity was opposite in younger and older adults. These areas within right frontal cortex tended to be active across tasks in younger adults and deactivated across task in older adults. Further, these areas correspond to regions involved in attention and task decisions, which have also been implicated in general cognitive slowing theories.