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ERIC Number: EJ903612
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Dec
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-2626
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Visuomotor Binding in Older Adults
Bloesch, Emily K.; Abrams, Richard A.
Brain and Cognition, v74 n3 p239-243 Dec 2010
Action integration is the process through which actions performed on a stimulus and perceptual aspects of the stimulus become bound as a unitary object. This process appears to be controlled by the dopaminergic system in the prefrontal cortex, an area that is known to decrease in volume and dopamine functioning in older adults. Although the decline should lead to reduced action integration in older adults, we found equivalent integration in both young and older adults. This indicates that older adults may be able to compensate for their dopaminergic deficiencies by activating additional neural networks that are not used by young adults. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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