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Cognition in Motion: Evidence for Intact Action Control With Healthy Aging
OBJECTIVES: Healthy aging is associated with impairments in motor functioning. Such functioning is not limited to the physical execution of actions, but also involves cognitive processes that allow for goal-directed behavior. The present study examined whether aging affects 2 of such cognitive compo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33099601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa184 |
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author | Ruitenberg, Marit F L Koppelmans, Vincent |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Healthy aging is associated with impairments in motor functioning. Such functioning is not limited to the physical execution of actions, but also involves cognitive processes that allow for goal-directed behavior. The present study examined whether aging affects 2 of such cognitive components that control motor functioning, namely action planning and action adaptation, and whether age effects are associated across components. METHOD: A group of 103 participants aged 18–82 years performed 2 tasks that have previously been linked to action planning and adaptation, respectively. RESULTS: Despite observations that aging was associated with slower and less accurate responses, Bayesian models showed evidence indicating that older age was not associated with poorer action planning and conflict adaptation. DISCUSSION: These findings challenge the view that healthy aging is associated with a general deficit in motor functioning and suggest that some cognitive aspects of motor control may be relatively spared. |
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spelling | pubmed-78131842021-01-25 Cognition in Motion: Evidence for Intact Action Control With Healthy Aging Ruitenberg, Marit F L Koppelmans, Vincent J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci THE JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: Psychological Sciences OBJECTIVES: Healthy aging is associated with impairments in motor functioning. Such functioning is not limited to the physical execution of actions, but also involves cognitive processes that allow for goal-directed behavior. The present study examined whether aging affects 2 of such cognitive components that control motor functioning, namely action planning and action adaptation, and whether age effects are associated across components. METHOD: A group of 103 participants aged 18–82 years performed 2 tasks that have previously been linked to action planning and adaptation, respectively. RESULTS: Despite observations that aging was associated with slower and less accurate responses, Bayesian models showed evidence indicating that older age was not associated with poorer action planning and conflict adaptation. DISCUSSION: These findings challenge the view that healthy aging is associated with a general deficit in motor functioning and suggest that some cognitive aspects of motor control may be relatively spared. Oxford University Press 2020-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7813184/ /pubmed/33099601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa184 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | THE JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: Psychological Sciences Ruitenberg, Marit F L Koppelmans, Vincent Cognition in Motion: Evidence for Intact Action Control With Healthy Aging |
title | Cognition in Motion: Evidence for Intact Action Control With Healthy Aging |
title_full | Cognition in Motion: Evidence for Intact Action Control With Healthy Aging |
title_fullStr | Cognition in Motion: Evidence for Intact Action Control With Healthy Aging |
title_full_unstemmed | Cognition in Motion: Evidence for Intact Action Control With Healthy Aging |
title_short | Cognition in Motion: Evidence for Intact Action Control With Healthy Aging |
title_sort | cognition in motion: evidence for intact action control with healthy aging |
topic | THE JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: Psychological Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33099601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa184 |
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