ArticleJournal of motor learning and development2020
Predicting motor skill learning in older adults using visuospatial performance.
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- Standardizing the Measurement and Definition of Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment: Implications for Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2026Review
- Effects of visual terminal feedback on hand dexterity in relation to visuospatial ability in subacute stroke: a preliminary study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Twenty minutes of Corsi block tapping task training does not improve mental rotation in adults with stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Volumetric regional MRI and neuropsychological predictors of motor task variability in cognitively unimpaired, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and probable Alzheimer's disease older adults.Experimental gerontology · 2023Article
- Mediation Analysis of the Effect of Visuospatial Memory on Motor Skill Learning in Older Adults.Journal of motor behavior · 2023Article
- Rey-Osterrieth complex figure recall scores and motor skill learning in older adults: A non-linear mixed effect model-based analysis.Human movement science · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Corsi Block Tapping Task training for improving visuospatial skills: a non-randomized two-group study.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- Association Between Motor Task Performance and Hippocampal Atrophy Across Cognitively Unimpaired, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease Individuals.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2022Article
- Generalizing the predictive relationship between 1-month motor skill retention and Rey-Osterrieth Delayed Recall scores from nondemented older adults to individuals with chronic stroke: a short report.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Relating Global Cognition With Upper-Extremity Motor Skill Retention in Individuals With Mild-to-Moderate Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2021Article
- Delays in the Reticulospinal System Are Associated With a Reduced Capacity to Learn a Simulated Feeding Task in Older Adults.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2021Article
- Post-stroke cognitive impairments and responsiveness to motor rehabilitation: A review.Current physical medicine and rehabilitation reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Between-group comparisons of older and younger adults suggest that motor learning decreases with advancing age. However, such comparisons do not necessarily account for group differences in cognitive function, despite the co-occurrence of aging and cognitive decline. As such, cognitive differences may explain the observed age effects on motor learning. Recent work has shown that the extent to which a motor task is learned is related to visuospatial function in adults over age 65. The current study tested whether this relationship is replicable across a wider age range and with a brief, widely available cognitive test. Thirty-three adults (aged 39-89 years old) completed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) prior to practicing a functional upper extremity motor task; performance on the motor task was assessed 24 hours later to quantify learning. Backward elimination stepwise linear regression identified which cognitive domains significantly predicted retention. Consistent with previous findings, only the Visuospatial/Executive subtest score predicted change in performance 24 hours later, even when accounting for participant age. Thus, the age-related declines in motor learning that have been reported previously may be explained in part by deficits in visuospatial function that can occur with advancing age.
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