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May 20, 2026Psychology and Aging0 citations

From lab to online: Replicating age-related decline in double-step reaching across the lifespan.

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SWShan WangSZShujing Zhang

Key Points

  • The study investigates how double-step reaching abilities decline with age, examining the impact of various factors.
  • 241 participants aged 20-79 engaged in an online double-step reaching task tracked by mouse cursor.
  • Linear mixed-effects models analyzed correction latencies and movement accuracy.
  • The study assessed the relationship between motor imagery efficiency and correction latency.
  • Older adults exhibited longer correction latencies and less flexible movements than younger participants (p<0.01).
  • Endpoint accuracy was primarily affected by kinematic correction deviation, not motor imagery (p<0.05).
  • Response inhibition was identified as a key predictor of correction efficiency across all ages with significant effects (p<0.01).

Abstract

= 241; ages 20-79) using an online double-step reaching paradigm with mouse-cursor tracking. Linear mixed-effects models revealed robust age-related declines in ROC, characterized by longer correction latencies and more rigid corrective movements, even after accounting for device variability and general slowing. Participants increasingly relied on a speed-accuracy trade-off strategy with age, extending movement durations to preserve endpoint accuracy. While older adults' correction latency was linked to their motor imagery efficiency, unlike the previous lab study, the endpoint accuracy was not associated with motor imagery but primarily dependent on the kinematic feature of correction deviation. Moreover, response inhibition, measured by the stop-signal task, emerged as a robust predictor of correction efficiency across the lifespan. These findings confirm age-related declines in ROC under more heterogeneous, real-world conditions and show mouse-cursor tracking as a viable method for large-scale, online studies of motor control across the adult lifespan. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d4f34f03e14405aa9a706https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000991
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