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Improved Accuracy on Lateralized Spatial Judgments in Healthy Aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2019

John B. Williamson Open the ORCID record for John B. Williamson [Opens in a new window] ,
Aidan Murphy ,
Damon G. Lamb ,
Zared Schwartz ,
Dana Szeles ,
Michal Harciarek ,
Aleksandra Mańkowska  and
Kenneth M. Heilman
John B. Williamson*
Affiliation:
Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (151A), Malcom Randall VAMC, 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Center for OCD and Anxiety Related Disorders, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, 1225 Center Drive, Room 3151, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Aidan Murphy
Affiliation:
Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (151A), Malcom Randall VAMC, 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Center for OCD and Anxiety Related Disorders, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Damon G. Lamb
Affiliation:
Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (151A), Malcom Randall VAMC, 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Center for OCD and Anxiety Related Disorders, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, 1225 Center Drive, Room 3151, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Zared Schwartz
Affiliation:
Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (151A), Malcom Randall VAMC, 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
Dana Szeles
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, HSC PO Box 100236, Gainesville, FL 32610-0236, USA
Michal Harciarek
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Ul. Jana Bażyńskiego 4, Gdansk, Poland
Aleksandra Mańkowska
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Ul. Jana Bażyńskiego 4, Gdansk, Poland
Kenneth M. Heilman
Affiliation:
Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (151A), Malcom Randall VAMC, 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center (182), 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA
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*Correspondence and reprint requests to: John B. Williamson, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, 1601 S.W. Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608, USA. Phone: (352) 376-1611 Ext. 6920. E-mail: john.williamson@ufl.edu
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Abstract

Objectives:

Healthy young adults often demonstrate a leftward spatial bias called “pseudoneglect” which often diminishes with aging. One hypothesis for this phenomenon is an age-related deterioration in right hemisphere functions (right hemi-aging). If true, then a greater rightward bias should be evident on all spatial attention tasks regardless of content. Another hypothesis is a decrease in asymmetrical hemispheric activation with age (HAROLD). If true, older participants may show reduced bias in all spatial tasks, regardless of leftward or rightward biasing of specific spatial content.

Methods:

Seventy right-handed healthy participants, 33 younger (21–40) and 37 older (60–78), were asked to bisect solid and character-letter lines as well as to perform left and right trisections of solid lines.

Results:

Both groups deviated toward the left on solid line bisections and left trisections. Both groups deviated toward the right on right trisections and character line bisections. In all tasks, the older participants were more accurate than the younger participants.

Conclusions:

The finding that older participants were more accurate than younger participants across all bisection and trisection conditions suggests a decrease in the asymmetrical hemispheric activation of these specialized networks important in the allocation of contralateral spatial attention or spatial action intention.

Keywords

Spatial attentionPseudoneglectLine bisectionCharacter line bisectionLine trisection
Type
Regular Research
Information
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 25 , Issue 10 , November 2019 , pp. 1044 - 1050
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Copyright © INS. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019 

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