与年龄相关的障碍和视觉反的影响,当学习站立时,有意想不到的感觉运动延迟
Brandon G Rasman1,2,3, Christian van der Zalm1, Patrick A Forbes1,4
1Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Frontiers in aging neuroscience
|January 1, 2024
概括
老年人表现出一些学习平衡与感觉运动延迟的障碍,但他们的神经系统仍然可以适应. 平衡改善在不同的视觉条件中转移,即使与年龄相关的变化.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 人类的衰老 人类的衰老
背景情况:
- 大脑必须适应感官运动延迟才能直立.
- 老龄化可能会减少因感官,神经肌肉和认知能力下降而对这些延迟的适应.
研究的目的:
- 调查年轻人和老年人如何学会平衡机器人诱导的感觉运动延迟.
- 检查视觉反对这种学习过程的影响.
- 评估平衡适应和学习转移的年龄相关差异.
主要方法:
- 20名年轻人和20名老年人站在机器人平衡模拟器上,施加250毫秒的延迟.
- 被训练的参与者有或没有视觉反 (眼睛打开/关闭).
- 在训练之前,训练期间和训练后评估了平衡表现 (姿势摇摆,直立姿势保持).
主要成果:
- 所有参与者都在延迟时改善了平衡;老年人表现出更大的摇摆和更慢的学习率.
- 视觉反对于学习并不重要,但对直立姿势持续时间有轻微影响.
- 在视觉条件 (眼睛开/闭) 之间转移的平衡改善.
结论:
- 晚年部分影响平衡学习和适应感官运动延迟.
- 老化的神经系统保留了重新校准运动控制以保持平衡的能力.
- 视觉反影响,但不需要学习适应破坏稳定的感觉运动延迟.
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