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Meaghan E Spedden1,2, Anne Sofie B Malling2,3, Ken K Andersen1
1a Section of Integrated Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sport , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark.
Abstract:
The objective was to examine associations between motor and executive function across the adult lifespan and to investigate the role of motor complexity in these associations. Young, middle-aged and older adults (n = 82; 19-83y) performed two gross-motor tasks with different levels of complexity and a Stroop-like computer task. Performance was decreased in older adults. The association between motor and cognitive performance was significant for older adults in the complex motor task (p = 0.03, rs = -0.41), whereas no significant associations were found for young or middle-aged groups, suggesting that the link between gross-motor and executive function emerges with age and depends on motor complexity.
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