Assessing visuospatial abilities in healthy aging: a novel visuometor task

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dc.contributor.authorde Bruin Nutley, Natalie
dc.contributor.authorBryant, Devon C.
dc.contributor.authorMacLean, Jessica N.
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Claudia L. R.
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-04T22:30:38Z
dc.date.available2016-11-04T22:30:38Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo green journal: open accessen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the efficacy of a novel reaching-and-grasping task in determining visuospatial abilities across adulthood. The task required male and female young (18–25 years) and older adults (60–82 years) to replicate a series of complex models by locating and retrieving the appropriate building blocks from an array. The task allows visuospatial complexity to be manipulated independently from the visuomotor demands. Mental rotation and spatial visualization abilities were assessed. The results showed that the time taken to complete the tasks increased with increased mental rotation complexity. Patterns of hand use were also influenced by the complexity of the models being constructed with right hand use being greater for the less complex models. In addition, although older adults consistently performed the visuomotor tasks slower than the younger adults, their performance was comparable when expressed as the percent change in task demands. This is suggestive that spatial abilities are preserved in older adults. Given the ecologically validity, the described task is an excellent candidate for investigating: (1) developmental; (2) sex-based; and (3) pathology-based differences in spatial abilities in the visuomotor domain.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationde Bruin, N., Bryant, D. C., MacLean, J. N., & Gonzalez, C. L. R. (2016). Assessing visuospatial abilities in healthy aging: a novel visuomotor task. Frontiers in Aging Neurscience, 8:7. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2016.00007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4657
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Educationen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectSpatial abilityen_US
dc.subjectVisuomotoren_US
dc.subjectVisuospatialen_US
dc.subjectReach-to-graspen_US
dc.subjectSexen_US
dc.subjectAgingen_US
dc.titleAssessing visuospatial abilities in healthy aging: a novel visuometor tasken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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