Frontal Lobe Functions in Normal Aging: Metacognition, Autonomy, and Quality of Life

Background: Starting from the “frontal lobe hypothesis of cognitive aging”, we aim to study the metacognitive functions (deception, reciprocity, cognitive and affective theory of mind), autonomy and quality of life in normal aging.Methods: Eighty healthy subjects (30 young adults [YA] aged 20–40, 30 old adults [OA] aged 65–79 and 20 very old adults [VOA] aged 80 and over) participated in our study. Standard and novel neuropsychological tasks...