“…One hypothesis for this functional reorganization would be that, like attentional processes, the IPC may be more implicated in controlled processes while the posterior regions may be more related to automatic processes (Lezak, Howieson, & Loring, 2004). Considering that automatic processes are more resistant to normal aging (Grieder, et al, 2012;Wlotko, Lee, & Federmeier, 2010) than controlled processes, older adults might rely more on posterior regions to complete a semantic judgment task. Nonetheless, when task demands are too important, for instance when abstract words have to be processed, older adults can recruit the IPC to a greater extent, in order to maintain a high-level performance.…”