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Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research 3/2019

07-11-2017 | Original Article

Higher levels of motor competence are associated with reduced interference in action perception across the lifespan

Auteurs: Stephanie Wermelinger, Anja Gampe, Moritz M. Daum

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 3/2019

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Abstract

Action perception and action production are tightly linked and elicit bi-directional influences on each other when performed simultaneously. In this study, we investigated whether age-related differences in manual fine-motor competence and/or age affect the (interfering) influence of action production on simultaneous action perception. In a cross-sectional eye-tracking study, participants of a broad age range (N = 181, 20–80 years) observed a manual grasp-and-transport action while performing an additional motor or cognitive distractor task. Action perception was measured via participants’ frequency of anticipatory gaze shifts towards the action goal. Manual fine-motor competence was assessed with the Motor Performance Series. The interference effect in action perception was greater in the motor than the cognitive distractor task. Furthermore, manual fine-motor competence and age in years were both associated with this interference. The better the participants’ manual fine-motor competence and the younger they were, the smaller the interference effect. However, when both influencing factors (age and fine-motor competence) were taken into account, a model including only age-related differences in manual fine-motor competence best fit with our data. These results add to the existing literature that motor competence and its age-related differences influence the interference effects between action perception and production.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Higher levels of motor competence are associated with reduced interference in action perception across the lifespan
Auteurs
Stephanie Wermelinger
Anja Gampe
Moritz M. Daum
Publicatiedatum
07-11-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0941-z

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