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  • Gerontology
  • Psychology

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  • Deterministic sequence learning is crucial throughout adulthood.
  • Age-related deficits in sequencing and their contributing factors are not well understood.
  • Executive functioning, associated with the frontal lobe, is a potential factor in age-related sequence learning impairments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if age predicts errors in deterministic sequence learning in older adults (55-89).
  • To determine if executive functioning accounts for age-related declines in sequence learning.
  • To explore the mediating role of frontal-based executive abilities in the age-sequencing relationship.

Main Methods:

  • Healthy older adults (ages 55-89) completed a deterministic sequence learning task.
  • Participants underwent a comprehensive assessment of frontal-based executive functions.
  • Sequence learning involved acquiring associations through trial-and-error feedback.

Main Results:

  • Increasing age positively correlated with higher sequencing errors in eligible participants.
  • The age-sequencing error relationship became non-significant after controlling for executive functioning.
  • Frontal-based executive abilities mediated the association between age and sequence learning performance.

Conclusions:

  • Executive functioning, particularly frontal lobe abilities, may underlie age-related deficits in deterministic sequence learning.
  • Maintaining executive functions could be key to preserving sequencing skills in older adults.
  • These findings highlight the critical role of executive control in age-related changes in learning sequential operations.