Aging Effect on Visuomotor Adaptation: Mediated by Cognitive Decline

Li, Na; Chen, Guopeng; Xie, Yong; Chen, Zhongting

doi:10.3389/fnagi.2021.742928

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“…Finally, we found no indications that sex affected visuomotor adaptation rates, although there was an overall smaller error for females than males across all study blocks. Several studies comparing younger and older adults propose that age-related reductions in sensorimotor adaptation may be linked to an age-related reduction in cognitive functions involved in such adaptation (e.g., Li et al, 2021; Vandevoorde & Orban de Xivry, 2019). For example, earlier work has demonstrated that spatial working memory-which could be used to apply an explicit aiming strategy-was positively associated with adaptability (Anguera et al, 2010(Anguera et al, , 2011Ruitenberg et al, 2018a).…”

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Developmental and age differences in visuomotor adaptation across the lifespan

Ruitenberg

Koppelmans

Seidler

et al. 2023

Psychological Research

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In the present cross-sectional study, we examined age and sex differences in sensorimotor adaptation. We tested 253 individuals at a local science museum (NEMO Science Museum, Amsterdam). Participants spanned a wide age range (8–70 years old; 54% male), allowing us to examine effects of both development and healthy aging within a single study. Participants performed a visuomotor adaptation task in which they had to adapt manual joystick movements to rotated visual feedback. We assessed the rate of adaptation following the introduction of the visual perturbation (both for early and later stages of adaptation), and the rate of de-adaptation following its removal. Results showed reliable adaptation patterns which did not differ by sex. We observed a quadratic relationship between age and both early adaptation and de-adaptation rates, with younger and older adults exhibiting the fasted adaptation rates. Our findings suggest that both younger and older age are associated with poorer strategic, cognitive processes involved in adaptation. We propose that developmental and age differences in cognitive functions and brain properties may underlie these effects on sensorimotor functioning.

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Developmental and age differences in visuomotor adaptation across the lifespan

Ruitenberg

Koppelmans

Seidler

et al. 2023

Psychological Research

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“…It is known that age could affect visuomotor ability, but we did not find any correlation between age and the outcomes. The groups were homogenous and the participants were not older than 55 years because the age of >55 years has been associated with cognitive decline affecting visuomotor ability (Li et al 2021).…”

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“…The groups were homogenous and the participants were not older than 55 years because the age of >55 years has been associated with cognitive decline affecting visuomotor ability (Li et al . 2021).…”

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Visual–spatial and visuomotor functioning in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1

Castricum

Tulen

Pel

et al. 2023

J intellect Disabil Res

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Background Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a neurodevelopmental genetic disorder associated with visual-spatial and visuomotor deficits, which have not been studied well in adults with NF1. Methods In 22 adults with NF1 and 31 controls, visuomotor functioning was assessed by measuring eye latency, hand latency and hand accuracy during visuomotor tasks. Visual-spatial functioning was assessed by measuring eye movement responses during the Visual Threshold Task. Results The NF1 group had a significantly shorter eye latency than the control group and was less accurate in their hand movements during specific visuomotor tasks. The groups showed no differences in eye movement responses during the Visual Threshold Task and in hand latency during the visuomotor tasks. Conclusions In contrast to studies in children with NF1, we found no alterations in visual-spatial information processing in adults. Impairments in eye latency and hand accuracy during specific visuomotor tasks may indicate deficits in visuomotor functioning in adults with NF1.

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“…To enhance EFs of older adults, the VR-based cognitive intervention was developed according to the extant literature suggesting the strong links between EFs, visuospatial WM (Brown et al, 2012;Miyake et al, 2001;Wang et al, 2018), and visuomotor adaptation (Li et al, 2021;Stirling et al, 2013) in an aging population. Furthermore, the VR content was developed to fulfill six psychological processes (i.e., sensory memory, encoding, planning, movement control, active manipulation, and adaptation).…”

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Virtual Reality-based Cognitive Intervention for Enhancing Executive Functions in Community-dwelling Older Adults

Makmee

Wongupparaj

2022

Psychosocial Intervention

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With the rapid growth of the older population globally, it is anticipated that age-related cognitive decline in the prodromal phase and more severe pathological decline will increase. Moreover, currently, no effective treatment options for the disease exist. Thus, early and timely prevention actions are promising and prior strategies to preserve cognitive functions by preventing symptomatology from increasing the age-related deterioration of the functions in healthy older adults. This study aims to develop the virtual reality-based cognitive intervention for enhancing executive functions (EFs) and examine the EFs after training with the virtual reality-based cognitive intervention in community-dwelling older adults. Following inclusion/exclusion criteria, 60 community-dwelling older adults aged 60-69 years were involved in the study and randomly divided into passive control and experimental groups. Eight 60 min virtual reality-based cognitive intervention sessions were held twice a week and lasted for 1 month. The EFs (i.e., inhibition, updating, and shifting) of the participants were assessed by using standardized computerized tasks, i.e., Go/NoGo, forward and backward digit span, and Berg's card sorting tasks. Additionally, a repeated-measure ANCOVA and effect sizes were applied to investigate the effects of the developed intervention. The virtual reality-based intervention significantly improved the EFs of older adults in the experimental group. Specifically, the magnitudes of enhancement were observed for inhibitory as indexed by the response time, F(1) = 6.95, p < .05, η p 2 = .11, updating as represented by the memory span, F(1) = 12.09, p < .01, η p

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Aging Effect on Visuomotor Adaptation: Mediated by Cognitive Decline

Cited by 12 publications

References 60 publications

Developmental and age differences in visuomotor adaptation across the lifespan

Developmental and age differences in visuomotor adaptation across the lifespan

Visual–spatial and visuomotor functioning in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1

Virtual Reality-based Cognitive Intervention for Enhancing Executive Functions in Community-dwelling Older Adults

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