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dc.contributor.authorVaportzis, Ria*
dc.contributor.authorGeorgiou-Karistianis, N.*
dc.contributor.authorStout, J.C.*
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-15T15:22:19Z
dc.date.available2019-02-15T15:22:19Z
dc.date.issued2014-04
dc.identifier.citationVaportzis E, Georgious-Karistianis N and Stout JC (2014) Age and task difficulty differences in dual tasking using circle tracing and serial subtraction tasks. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 26(2): 201-211.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/16813
dc.descriptionYesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to investigate age-related differences in dual task performance by using an upper limb proprioceptive task. Twenty-eight younger (18–30 years) and 28 older (>60 years) healthy adults performed circle tracing and serial subtraction tasks separately and concurrently. The tasks had two levels of difficulty: easy and hard. The circle tracing task included direct (easy) and indirect (hard) visual feedback conditions, and it was paired with serial subtraction by twos (easy) or threes (hard). We found that older adults were significantly slower than younger adults across all conditions and had significantly greater dual task costs when they performed circle tracing with easy serial subtraction. Higher levels of task difficulty were associated with slower speed in both groups. We found no age differences in accuracy. Participants either traded speed for accuracy or accuracy for speed regardless of age group. Overall, the findings suggest that speed and accuracy may be affected differently during dual tasking. In addition, older adults may rely more extensively on proprioceptive feedback to guide upper limb movement compared with younger adults.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFinancial support for this study was obtained from the School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-013-0151-5en_US
dc.subjectDivided attentionen_US
dc.subjectProprioceptionen_US
dc.subjectAttention allocationen_US
dc.subjectSpeed-accuracy trade-offen_US
dc.subjectVisuomotor integrationen_US
dc.titleAge and task difficulty differences in dual tasking using circle tracing and serial subtraction tasksen_US
dc.status.refereedYesen_US
dc.date.Accepted2013-09-25
dc.date.application2013-10-18
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.versionAccepted manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-013-0151-5
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