Cognition and action: a latent variable approach to study contributions of executive functions to motor control in older adults.

ABSTRACT: Aging is associated with profound alterations in motor control that may be exacerbated by age-related executive functioning decline. Executive functions span multiple facets including inhibition (suppressing unwanted response tendencies), shifting (switching between cognitive operations), and updating (managing working memory content). However, comprehensive studies regarding the contributions of single facets of executive functioning to movement control in older adults are still lacking. A battery of nine neuropsychological tasks was administered to n = 92 older adults in order to derive latent factors for inhibition, shifting, and updating by structural equation modeling. A bimanual task was used to assess complex motor control. A sample of n = 26 young adults served as a c

SUBMITTER: Seer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8266336 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature