Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Task Performance

	Younger Adults	Older Adults
Number of Participants	12	18
Age (Years) # *	22.7 ± 2.77	64.78 ± 5.57
Sex	9 Female; 3 Male	12 Female; 6 Male
Years of Education # *	15.75 ± 1.22	18.56 ± 2.18
MMSE #	29.25 ± 0.87	29.50 ± 0.71
Sternberg Task Accuracy # +	90.14 ± 6.66	84.32 ± 9.62
Sternberg Task Reaction Time # *	1085.86 ± 297.59	1235.06 ± 308.40
Right Caudate FMT # *	0.019 ± .002	0.022 ± 0.002
Left Caudate FMT # *	0.019 ± .002	0.022 ± 0.003

^#Listed as mean ± standard deviation

^*Indicates a significant difference between the older adult group and the younger adult group (p<0.05)

⁺Indicates a trend for significance between the older adult and younger adult group (p=0.079)