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This study compared cognitive performance between older adults with anxiety-related diagnoses and psychiatrically healthy controls and examined factors associated with cognitive outcomes. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 130 participants aged \u2265 65 years: 70 with an anxiety-related diagnosis (SCID-5-CV) and 60 controls without psychiatric diagnoses. Cognition was assessed using the SMMSE, Enhanced Cue Recall Test, Clock Drawing Test, Verbal Fluency Test, and Trail Making Test Parts A and B; anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed with validated scales. Results: The anxiety group had higher anxiety and depression scores than controls (FDR-adjusted q &lt; 0.001). They showed longer Trail Making Test A, B, and B\u2013A times and lower free recall and enhanced cue recall scores (q = 0.019 and q &lt; 0.001, respectively). No differences were observed in global cognition, clock drawing, or verbal fluency after correction. Most symptom\u2013cognition correlations did not survive Bonferroni correction, except for state anxiety and enhanced cue recall. In regression analyses, anxiety-related diagnosis showed a more consistent association with cognition than anxiety symptom severity, along with education, age, gender, and depressive symptoms. Conclusions: Older adults with anxiety-related diagnoses showed selective impairments in processing speed, attention, executive functions, and memory despite preserved global cognitive screening. Cognitive outcomes in late-life anxiety appear more closely related to diagnostic status and other clinical\/demographic factors than to anxiety severity alone.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci16090949","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,7]],"date-time":"2026-09-07T16:30:02Z","timestamp":1788798602000},"page":"949","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Neuropsychological Correlates of Anxiety in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Comparison with Controls Without a Psychiatric Diagnosis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Yasemin","family":"Ko\u00e7yi\u011fit","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara 06170, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ay\u015fe G\u00f6k\u00e7en","family":"G\u00fcndo\u011fmu\u015f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara 06170, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0756-4389","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cansu","family":"\u00c7oban","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara 06170, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Metehan","family":"Bitlisli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara 06170, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4787-9860","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u015eule","family":"B\u0131\u00e7akc\u0131 Ay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara 06170, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"\u00d6zlem","family":"Erden Aki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06230, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Aichele, S.R. 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