Components of sensorimotor adaptation in young and elderly subjects

• Published in: Experimental brain research Vol. 160; no. 2; pp. 259 - 263
• Main Author: Bock, Otmar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 01.01.2005; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological - physiology; Adult; Age; Aged; Aging - physiology; Arm - innervation; Arm - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - physiology; Brain - physiopathology; Cognition - physiology; Cognition Disorders - etiology; Cognition Disorders - physiopathology; Cues; Explicit knowledge; Feedback - physiology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Learning - physiology; Male; Middle Aged; Motor control and motor pathways. Reflexes. Control centers of vegetative functions. Vestibular system and equilibration; Movement - physiology; Neuropsychological Tests - standards; Older people; Photic Stimulation; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; After effect; Human; Manual tracking; Senescence; Motor learning; Motor control; Pointing task; Manual task; Acquisition process; Manual pointing; Motor learning Transfer; Body movement; Aging; Upper limb; Motricity; Age

Previous studies have found that sensorimotor adaptation to visual distortions is degraded in seniors compared with younger subjects, whereas after-effects on removal of the distortion are age-independent. The latter finding was interpreted as evidence that adaptive recalibration is not affected by...