Is there an advanced aging effect on the ability to mentally represent action?

Gabbard, Carl; Caçola, Priscila; Cordova, Alberto

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2010.10.006

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“…In a few cases, one additional trial was allowed. We wish to point out that the experimental paradigm using the ARM condition has been reported elsewhere with adults (e.g., Gabbard et al 2011) and children (e.g., Gabbard et al 2007Gabbard et al , 2009). …”

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Modulating peripersonal and extrapersonal reach space via tool use: a comparison between 6- to 12-year-olds and young adults

Caçola

Gabbard

2012

Exp Brain Res

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This study examined age-related characteristics associated with tool use in the perception and modulation of peripersonal and extrapersonal space. Seventy-six (76) children representing age groups 7-, 9-, 11 years and 36 adults were presented with two experiments using an estimation of reach paradigm involving arm and tool conditions and a switch-block of the opposite condition. Experiment 1 tested Arm and Tool (20 cm length) estimation and found a significant effect for Age, Space, and an Age × Space interaction (ps < 0.05). Both children and adults were less accurate in extrapersonal space, indicating an overestimation bias. Interestingly, the adjustment period during the switch-block condition was immediate and similar across age. Experiment 2 was similar to Experiment 1 with the exception of using a 40-cm-length tool. Results also revealed an age effect and a difference in Space (ps < 0.05), however, participants underestimated. Speculatively, participants were less confident when presented with a longer tool, even though the adjustment period with both tool lengths was similar. Considered together, these results hint that: (1) children as young as 6 years of age are capable of being as accurate when estimating reach with a tool as they are with their arm, (2) the adjustment period associated with extending and retracting spaces is immediate rather than gradual, and (3) tool length influences estimations of reach.

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Modulating peripersonal and extrapersonal reach space via tool use: a comparison between 6- to 12-year-olds and young adults

Caçola

Gabbard

2012

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“…However, in contrast to prior studies, our results suggest that the participants' age-related differences in manual fine-motor competence explain the interference effect better than age in years. Previous studies reporting age differences in action perception often failed to measure the participants' general level of motor competence (e.g., Gabbard et al, 2011). In light of the present results, their findings could be reinterpreted: For example, when evaluating walking distances, older participants reported the walking goal to be further away than younger participants (Sugovic & Witt, 2013).…”

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“…For instance, accuracy of action anticipation (Diersch et al, 2012), imagery (Personnier, Kubicki, Laroche, & Papaxanthis, 2010;Personnier, Paizis, Ballay, & Papaxanthis, 2008;Saimpont, Mourey, Manckoundia, Pfitzenmeyer, & Pozzo, 2010;Skoura, Papaxanthis, Vinter, & Pozzo, 2005), and the perception of one's own action range (Gabbard, Caçola, & Cordova, 2011) become less precise in older adults. Of particular interest to the current study is that these age-related differences in action perception follow a similar developmental trajectory as do changes in motor competence during late adulthood (Haywood & Getchell, 2005;Houx & Jolles, 1993;Kauranen & Vanharanta, 1996).…”

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Higher levels of motor competence are associated with reduced interference in action perception across the lifespan

Wermelinger¹,

Gampe²,

Daum³

2017

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Action perception and action production are tightly linked and elicit bi-directional influences on each other when performed simultaneously. In this study, we investigated whether age-related differences in manual fine-motor competence and/or age affect the (interfering) influence of action production on simultaneous action perception. In a cross-sectional eye-tracking study, participants of a broad age range (N = 181, 20-80 years) observed a manual grasp-and-transport action while performing an additional motor or cognitive distractor task. Action perception was measured via participants’ frequency of anticipatory gaze shifts towards the action goal. Manual fine-motor competence was assessed with the Motor Performance Series. The interference effect in action perception was greater in the motor than the cognitive distractor task. Furthermore, manual fine-motor competence and age in years were both associated with this interference. The better the participants’ manual fine-motor competence and the younger they were, the smaller the interference effect. However, when both influencing factors (age and fine-motor competence) were taken into account, a model including only age-related differences in manual fine-motor competence best fit with our data. These results add to the existing literature that motor competence and its age-related differences influence the interference effects between action perception and production.

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“…Another factor that supposedly influence on the ability to perform MI is the age. Gabbard et al (2011) instructed young and old participants to estimate, using MI, whether randomly presented targets in peripersonal (i.e., within actual reach) and extrapersonal (i.e., beyond reach) space were within or out of reach of their dominant limb. The findings showed that old subjects are less accurate than the young subjects making more errors in extrapersonal space during performance of MI.…”

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Motor Imagery and Stroke Neurorehabilitation: An Overview of Basic Concepts and Therapeutic Effects

Abbas¹,

Lucas²,

Teixeira³

et al. 2011

American Journal of Neuroscience

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Problem statement: Motor Imagery (MI), which corresponds to an active process during which the representation of a specific action is internally reproduced into working memory without any motor output. It represents the result of conscious access to the content of a movement intention, which is usually performed unconsciously during movement preparation. Approach: This review study aims to provide information on the current research and main findings related to the potential therapeutic effects of motor imagery on stroke neurorehabilitation. Results: Several studies demonstrate that conscious motor imagery and unconscious motor preparation share common mechanisms and are functionally equivalent, improving recovery of motor skills in stroke patients. Conclusion: In conclusion, motor imagery, proved very useful and effective, with significant results in improvement of motor deficits in post stroke patients. Thus, it is recommended that further studies must be conducted to determine specific parameters such as number and weekly frequency, duration (minutes per session), type (visual or kinesthetic) and the appropriate moment to apply mental practice (phases recovery of pathology), in order to create specific protocols for each treatment phase.

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Is there an advanced aging effect on the ability to mentally represent action?

Cited by 55 publications

References 37 publications

Modulating peripersonal and extrapersonal reach space via tool use: a comparison between 6- to 12-year-olds and young adults

Modulating peripersonal and extrapersonal reach space via tool use: a comparison between 6- to 12-year-olds and young adults

Higher levels of motor competence are associated with reduced interference in action perception across the lifespan

Motor Imagery and Stroke Neurorehabilitation: An Overview of Basic Concepts and Therapeutic Effects

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