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Older adults show impaired proactive control in dual-tasking, with less efficient temporal preparation compared to younger adults. Neural activity reveals age-related differences in pre-activation strategies for complex tasks.

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  • Human Aging Research
  • Neuropsychology

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  • Multi-tasking performance typically declines with age.
  • Fixed task order can improve multi-tasking by enabling structured preparation.
  • Neural mechanisms of proactive control in older adults during dual-tasking remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related changes in neural proactive control during dual-task execution.
  • To compare how young and old adults prepare for sequential tasks signaled by cues.

Main Methods:

  • Employed the psychological refractory period (PRP) paradigm with two reaction tasks (T1 and T2).
  • Recorded multi-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) from young and old participants.
  • Analyzed slow cortical potentials (SCPs) to assess cortical pre-activation patterns.

Main Results:

  • Older adults exhibited significantly slower dual-task performance.
  • Young adults showed optimized T2 processing via temporal structure; older adults did not.
  • Young adults displayed focused negative SCPs (pre-activation/inhibition); older adults showed broad SCPs (sensory/motor pre-activation).

Conclusions:

  • Proactive preparation for dual-tasking is significantly altered by aging.
  • Young adults utilize attention-based working memory and inhibitory networks for synchronized preparation.
  • Older adults exhibit non-specific sensory and motor network pre-activation, suggesting a deferred processing mode.