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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Human Movement Science
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Aging typically impairs goal-directed aiming, leading to slower movements and increased correction time.
  • A physically active lifestyle may mitigate age-related declines in motor control.
  • The impact of age and activity on eye-movement control during aiming remains under-investigated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how age and physical activity level affect eye-hand coordination during discrete manual aiming tasks.
  • To determine if older adults exhibit increased reliance on visual feedback during aiming movements.

Main Methods:

  • Participants (young and old, physically active and sedentary) performed discrete aiming movements.
  • Hand and eye movements were recorded using motion tracking.
  • The aiming task was repeated without visual feedback to assess visual dependency.

Main Results:

  • Age-related hand movement adaptations were observed in both older adults and sedentary young adults.
  • Older and sedentary young adults spent more time adjusting hand movements after eye fixation.
  • Aiming errors were similar across all groups when visual feedback was removed, indicating no augmented reliance on vision.

Conclusions:

  • Both age and physical activity level significantly influence eye-hand coordination in aiming.
  • The observed coordination adaptations in older and sedentary individuals are likely due to factors other than increased visual reliance.