Mediation Analysis of the Effect of Visuospatial Memory on Motor Skill Learning in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: There is high inter-individual variability in motor skill learning among older adults. Identifying the nature of these individual differences remains challenging due to interactions between participant characteristics (e.g., age, cognition) and task-related factors (e.g., nature of task, level of skill pre-training), making it difficult to determine plausibly causal relationships. This study addresses these competing explanations by using mediation analysis to examine plausible causal inference between visuospatial memory and one-month retention of both gross and fine motor components of a functional upper-extremity task following training. Results suggest that better visuospatial memory results in more retention of fine but not gross motor skill, expanding on previous correlational studie

SUBMITTER: Hooyman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792432 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature