Aging leads to predictive gaze allocation during interception

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Abstract
Healthy aging comes with poorer sensory processing and pronounced sensorimotor delays that can impair behavior. Here, we demonstrate that older adults rely on predictive gaze allocation during interception, which enables them to maintain high motor performance. Specifically, older adults made earlier predictive gaze shifts to future interception locations compared with younger adults, while maintaining high interception performance. We suggest that gaze allocation is adaptable in aging to maintain high performance despite age-related sensorimotor limitations.
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  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (VO 2542/1-1)

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