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Age-related changes in the interference between cognitive task components and concurrent sensorimotor coordination.

Suvobrata Mitra¹, Charlotte Boatman¹, Joshua Baker²

¹NTU Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

|June 17, 2022

Summary

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Older adults struggle with dual-tasking due to inflexible prioritization, showing greater interference between continuous sensorimotor coordination (CSC) and cognitive tasks. This impacts safety in daily activities.

Keywords:

Attention Dual tasking Electrophysiology Event-related potential Executive function Sensorimotor coordination

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Human Factors Engineering
Gerontology

Background:

Continuous sensorimotor coordinations (CSCs) and cognitive tasks are often performed concurrently.
Dual-tasking interference is amplified in older adults, but the underlying chronometric and information-processing mechanisms remain unclear.
Understanding task-switching and resource allocation is crucial for safety-critical applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the chronometry of dual-task interference between a visual oddball task and a continuous visuomanual tracking task in young and older adults.
To investigate how age influences task prioritization and resource allocation during dual-tasking.
To elucidate the information-processing operations underlying age-related dual-task interference.

Main Methods:

Electrophysiological correlates were used to identify operations within the visual oddball task.
Deviations in visuomanual tracking performance served as indicators of state monitoring and adjustment disruptions in CSCs.
Chronometric analysis of dual-task performance in young and older adults.

Main Results:

Older adults maintained high cognitive task resourcing during dual-tasking, unlike young adults who prioritized the tracking task.
Older adults exhibited prolonged tracking inaccuracies during the executive function component of the oddball task.
Tracking decrements in older adults persisted even when cognitive load was minimal, indicating reduced task prioritization flexibility.

Conclusions:

Age-related amplification of CSC-cognitive interference stems from inflexibility in task prioritization.
Prioritizing cognitive tasks over CSCs in dual-task scenarios has significant safety implications for older adults in everyday situations.
Intervention strategies should focus on enhancing task prioritization flexibility in older adults.