Aging of sensorimotor processes: a systematic study in Fitts’ task

Temprado, Jean-Jacques; Sleimen-Malkoun, Rita; Lemaire, Patrick; Rey-Robert, Benoit; Rétornaz, F.; Berton, Éric

doi:10.1007/s00221-013-3542-0

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“…These results were comparable to previously reported data in the literature (e.g., Temprado et al, 2013).…”

Section: Age-related Differences In Movement Times (Mts) and Decelerasupporting

confidence: 94%

“…However, several studies showed that movement durations lengthened more in older than in young participants as ID increased (Haaland, Harrington, & Grice, 1993;Ketcham et al, 2002;Rey-Robert et al, 2012;Teeken et al, 1996;Temprado et al, 2013;Welford, Norris, & Shock, 1969;York & Biederman, 1990). As a consequence, the slope of Fitts' law is generally smaller in young than in older adults (Rey-Robert et al, 2012;Sleimen-Malkoun et al, 2013;Temprado et al, 2013).…”

Section: Previous Findings In the Fitts' Taskmentioning

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Older and younger adults’ strategies in sensorimotor tasks: Insights from Fitts’ pointing task.

Poletti¹,

Sleimen-Malkoun²,

Temprado³

et al. 2015

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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We investigated how young and older adults differ in sensorimotor tasks. Two groups of participants (young and older adults) performed discrete Fitts' tasks in which 4 levels of difficulty (ID) were used, resulting from either the manipulation of the size of the target (ID(W)) or of the distance between home and target positions (ID(D)). Kinematic analysis allowed distinguishing 4 different types of strategies used to reach the target, on the basis of the existence and the nature of submovements. Results showed that the repertoire of strategies was significantly smaller in older than in young participants. In addition, the frequency of use of the different strategies varied with participants' age. Specifically, the most frequent strategies used by older participants included submovements, while those used by young participants did not include submovements. The differences observed between young and older adults were independent of whether ID was manipulated via target size or movement distance. Finally, age-related differences in strategy performance were found. These results have important implications for furthering our understanding of aging effects in sensorimotor tasks. They also illustrate the usefulness of a strategy approach in a domain where it had never been formally used before.

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“…These results were comparable to previously reported data in the literature (e.g., Temprado et al, 2013).…”

Section: Age-related Differences In Movement Times (Mts) and Decelerasupporting

confidence: 94%

Section: Previous Findings In the Fitts' Taskmentioning

confidence: 93%

Older and younger adults’ strategies in sensorimotor tasks: Insights from Fitts’ pointing task.

Poletti¹,

Sleimen-Malkoun²,

Temprado³

et al. 2015

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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“…This outcome is considered to reflect an increased dependence on limb-target control (Lyons et al 1996;Seidler-Dobrin and Stelmach 1998) which possibly allows older adults to achieve the same level of endpoint accuracy as young adults (Boisseau et al 2002;Ketcham et al 2002;Lyons et al 1996;Welsh et al 2007). The increased dependence on limb-target control in older adults may perhaps be explained by a decline in proprioceptive acuity (Adamo et al 2007;Adamo et al 2009;Herter et al 2014;Kokmen et al 1978;Wright et al 2011;see Goble et al 2009, for a review), impaired efficiency of feedback processing (Rand and Stelmach 2011;Stelmach et al 1988;Temprado et al 2013;Van Halewyck et al 2015b), or both. Indeed, well-documented evidence show that agerelated declines in proprioceptive acuity has led many to suggest that visual feedback becomes increasingly important during accurate aiming in older age (e.g., Coats and Wann 2011;Rand and Stelmach 2011;Terrier et al 2011).…”

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Manual aiming in healthy aging: does proprioceptive acuity make the difference?

Helsen

Halewyck

Levin

et al. 2016

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The present study examines whether nonactive older adults are more dependent on visual information when executing aiming movements and whether age-related declines in proprioception play a mediating role herein. Young (N = 40) and older adults (N = 38) were divided into physically active and non-active subgroups based on self-reported sports participation levels. In experiment 1, participants executed wrist-aiming movements with and without visual feedback. In experiment 2, passive proprioceptive acuity was assessed using wrist motion detection and position matching tests. Results showed similar aiming accuracy across age groups both with and without visual feedback, but older adults exhibited longer movement times, prolonged homing-in phase, and made more corrective submovements. Passive proprioceptive acuity was significantly affected by physical activity level and age, with participants in the active group scoring better than their non-active peers. However, these declines did not predict performance changes on the aiming task. Taken together, our observations suggest that decline in proprioceptive acuity did not predict performance changes on the aiming task and older adults were able to compensate for their decreased motion and position sense when allowed sufficient time. In line with these observations, we proposed that older adults are able to compensate for their decline in proprioception by increasing their reliance on predictive models.

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“…3 Additionally, y-intercepts and r 2 values in the older women groups corroborate reported age-related differences in SATO. 50,51 For instance, kinematics strategies to reach the target while performing the Fitts task demonstrate that young adults show a richer repertoire of strategies than elderly people, who employ a strategy of submovements Old did not reveal significant effects neither for the interaction "E-I x age" nor for the main factor "E-I". However, the main factor "age" produced significant effects on y-intercept, slope and r 2 [F(6,172)=17.66; p=0.0001; η 2 =0.38].…”

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Extraversion/Introversion and Age-Related Differences in Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff

Meira

Moraes

Moura

et al. 2018

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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Introduction: Extraversion/introversion and age differences might influence speed-accuracy tradeoff. Objective: The speed-accuracy tradeoff was investigated in extroverted and introverted female children, young adults and older adults. Method: Participants carried out an alternative version of Fitts' task, which involved making alternate clicks with the mouse held in the dominant hand, moving as fast as possible, on two rectangular targets on a computer screen in order to make twelve attempts at six random levels of difficulty (twelve combinations of target widths and distances between targets). Each of the three groups was composed of 16 introverted and 16 extroverted subjects, based upon Brazilian versions of Eysenck's questionnaire. Results: Elderly introverts fell short of the target more often and committed more overall errors than the elderly extroverts. Additionally, compared to their younger adult counterparts, the elderly subjects fell short of the target more often and committed more overall errors, besides taking longer to complete the task with higher levels of difficulty. Conclusion: The findings were interpreted in light of theories designed to explain the main processes underlying extroversion/ introversion and age-related differences. Level of Evidence II; Lesser quality prospective study.Keywords: Introversion/psychology; Personality; Individuality; Motor skills. RESUMO Introdução: Diferenças de extroversão/introversão e idade podem influenciar na troca velocidade-precisão. Objetivo: A troca velocidade-precisão foi investigada em garotas, jovens adultas e idosas extrovertidas e introvertidas. Método: As participantes realizaram uma versão alternativa da tarefa de Fitts, a qual consistia em clicar alternadamente com a mão dominante no mouse, o mais rápido possível, em dois alvos retangulares na tela do computador, a fim de fazer doze tentativas em seis níveis aleatórios de dificuldade (doze combinações de larguras e distâncias entre os alvos). Cada um dos três grupos era composto por 16 introvertidas e 16 extrovertidas, com base nas versões brasileiras do questionário de Eysenck. Resultados: As idosas introvertidas acertaram menos o alvo com mais frequência e cometeram mais erros gerais em comparação às idosas extrovertidas. Ainda, as idosas acertaram menos o alvo com mais frequência e cometeram mais erros gerais, além de demorarem mais tempo para concluírem as tarefas com níveis maiores de dificuldade quando comparadas com as jovens adultas. Conclusão: Os achados foram interpretados com base nas teorias criadas para explicarem os principais processos

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Aging of sensorimotor processes: a systematic study in Fitts’ task

Cited by 53 publications

References 42 publications

Older and younger adults’ strategies in sensorimotor tasks: Insights from Fitts’ pointing task.

Older and younger adults’ strategies in sensorimotor tasks: Insights from Fitts’ pointing task.

Manual aiming in healthy aging: does proprioceptive acuity make the difference?

Extraversion/Introversion and Age-Related Differences in Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff

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