“…To date, most studies in normal aging explored kinematic changes in reaching and grasping meaningless objects, such as geometrical shapes, while the kinematics of tool use have been assessed mainly in adults with apraxia (Hermsdörfer, Hentze, & Goldenberg, 2006;Hermsdörfer, Li, Randerath, Goldenberg, & Johannsen, 2012;Laimgruber, Goldenberg, & Hermsdörfer, 2005;Poizner, Mack, Verfaellie, Rothi, & Heilman, 1990;Poizner et al, 1995;Sunderland, Wilkins, & Dineen, 2011). In the studies on apraxia, the presence or absence of a tool in the patient's hand during the actual execution of the movement (e.g.…”