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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Motor overflow refers to involuntary movement or muscle activity coinciding with voluntary movement. We examined whether 16 young adults (18-30 years) and 16 older adults (50-80 years) could voluntarily inhibit overflow. Participants performed a finger pressing task, exerting 50% of their maximal force. Overflow was concurrently recorded in the non-task hand. In the first condition, participants were not made aware of their motor overflow. Then participants, though informed of it, were asked to ignore their overflow. Finally, participants were requested to inhibit overflow with, and then without visual feedback, or vice versa. Overflow was exacerbated when older adults were unaware of it, and was reduced once they were informed. For young adults there was no significant difference between these conditions. Both Age Groups could significantly reduce overflow when so requested, independent of visual feedback. Thus motor overflow can be modulated by higher order cognitive control with directed attention.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1090-2147
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Crown Copyright © 2010. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
358-64
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Fingers, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Inhibition (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Movement, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Muscle Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Psychomotor Performance, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Visual Perception, pubmed-meshheading:21030130-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of attending to motor overflow on its voluntary inhibition in young and older adults.
pubmed:affiliation
Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, 3800 Victoria, Australia. patriciaaddamo@yahoo.com.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article