Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.

Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.

Aging brings with it several forms of neurophysiological and cognitive deterioration, but whether a decline in temporal processing is part of the aging process is unclear. The current study investigated whether this timing deficit has a cause independent of those of memory and attention using rhythm...

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Main Authors: Elisa M Gallego Hiroyasu, Yuko Yotsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240863
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spelling doaj-c9716f2bfb4b4ad59f8a7c6a4bb755252021-03-04T11:09:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-011510e024086310.1371/journal.pone.0240863Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.Elisa M Gallego HiroyasuYuko YotsumotoAging brings with it several forms of neurophysiological and cognitive deterioration, but whether a decline in temporal processing is part of the aging process is unclear. The current study investigated whether this timing deficit has a cause independent of those of memory and attention using rhythmic stimuli that reduce the demand for these higher cognitive functions. In Study 1, participants took part in two rhythmic timing tasks: explicit and implicit. Participants had to distinguish regular from irregular sequences while processing temporal information explicitly or implicitly. Results showed that while the accuracy in the implicit timing task was preserved, older adults had more noise in their performance in the explicit and implicit tasks. In Study 2, participants took part in a dual-implicit task to explore whether the performance of temporal tasks differed with increasing task difficulty. We found that increasing task difficulty magnifies age-related differences.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240863
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Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.
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author_facet Elisa M Gallego Hiroyasu
Yuko Yotsumoto
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title Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.
title_short Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.
title_full Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.
title_fullStr Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.
title_full_unstemmed Older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.
title_sort older adults preserve accuracy but not precision in explicit and implicit rhythmic timing.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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publishDate 2020-01-01
description Aging brings with it several forms of neurophysiological and cognitive deterioration, but whether a decline in temporal processing is part of the aging process is unclear. The current study investigated whether this timing deficit has a cause independent of those of memory and attention using rhythmic stimuli that reduce the demand for these higher cognitive functions. In Study 1, participants took part in two rhythmic timing tasks: explicit and implicit. Participants had to distinguish regular from irregular sequences while processing temporal information explicitly or implicitly. Results showed that while the accuracy in the implicit timing task was preserved, older adults had more noise in their performance in the explicit and implicit tasks. In Study 2, participants took part in a dual-implicit task to explore whether the performance of temporal tasks differed with increasing task difficulty. We found that increasing task difficulty magnifies age-related differences.
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