Timing and aging: Slowing of fastest regular tapping rate with preserved timing error detection and correction
| Autor: | Lawrence W. Taylor, Alan M. Wing, Martine Turgeon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Aging medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Social Psychology Neuropsychological Tests Audiology Developmental psychology Young Adult Rhythm medicine Humans Aged Aged 80 and over Subliminal stimuli Middle Aged Time perception Preferred walking speed Tapping rate Interval (music) Time Perception Auditory Perception Tapping Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Error detection and correction |
| Zdroj: | Psychology and Aging. 26:150-161 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1498 0882-7974 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0020606 |
| Popis: | This study assessed motor limits of regular tapping, timing error detection, and correction in 60 participants aged from 19 to 98 years. Rate limitations on motor production were estimated from the average inter-tap interval when tapping as fast as possible for 30 s. Timing error detection required participants to judge whether a sound sequence presented at a slow, intermediate, or fast speed contained an irregularity because of phase shift. This was performed with or without synchronizing to the sounds. On the basis of the just-detectable positive phase shift (JND), participants synchronized with sequences containing phase shifts that were subliminal, just detectable or supraliminal. On average, JNDs were 9% of the inter-onset interval and by and large were not affected by synchronization tapping. Speed of error correction was estimated from the number of tones to return within 20% of the preshift synchronization error. Consistent with previous findings of motor slowing with aging, the fastest inter-tap interval increased with age. However, there was no age-related decline in JNDs or speed of error correction, both of which reflect predictive abilities for intervals within the motor repertoire of human adults. These results point towards intact timing error processing up to an advanced age. In assessing timing abilities in the brain of older adults, it is important to differentiate between motor slowing and its impact on rhythmic behavior (e.g., walking pace) from anticipatory mechanisms ('what to expect when') and how these are used to adjust the timing of actions ('what to do when'). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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