Implicit motor imagery: examining motor vs. visual strategies in laterality judgments among older adults.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive states like motor imagery (MI; simulating actions without overtly executing them) share a close correspondence with action execution, and hence, activate the motor system in a similar way. However, as people age, reduction in specific cognitive abilities like motor action simulation and action planning/prediction are commonly experienced. The present study examined the effect of visual-spatial processing for both typical and challenging upper-limb movements using the Hand Laterality Judgment Task (HLJT), in which participants were asked to judge whether the depicted hand is a left or right hand. Several main findings emerged: (1) Compared to younger adults, older adults exhibited slower responses and greater error rates in both Experiment 1 and 2. This suggests that visual-spatia

SUBMITTER: Saran A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481337 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature