Age effects on controlling tools with sensorimotor transformations

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Age effects on controlling tools with sensorimotor transformations. / Sutter, Christine; Ladwig, Stefan; Oehl, Michael et al.
in: Frontiers in Psychology, Jahrgang 3, Nr. DEC, Article 573, 24.12.2012, S. 1-8.

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Sutter C, Ladwig S, Oehl M, Müsseler J. Age effects on controlling tools with sensorimotor transformations. Frontiers in Psychology. 2012 Dez 24;3(DEC):1-8. Article 573. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00573

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abstract = "Controlling tools in technical environments bears a lot of challenges for the human information processing system, as locations of tool manipulation and effect appearance are spatially separated, and distal action effects are often not generated in a 1:1 manner. In this study we investigated the susceptibility of older adults to distal action effects. Younger and older participants performed a Fitts{\textquoteright} task on a digitizer tablet without seeing their hand and the tablet directly. Visual feedback was presented on a display in that way, that cursor amplitude and visual target size varied while the pre-determined hand amplitude remained constant. In accordance with distal action effects being predominant in controlling tool actions we found an increase in hand movement times and perceptual errors as a function of visual task characteristics. Middle-aged adults more intensely relied on visual feedback than younger adults. Age-related differences in speed-accuracy trade-off are not likely to account for this finding. However, it is well known that proprioceptive acuity declines with age. This might be one reason for middle-aged adults to stronger rely on the visual information instead of the proprioceptive information. Consequently, design and application of tools for elderly should account for this.",
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