Average pointing error increases linearly with age across younger and older adults in a real-world low-vision navigation task¶
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q3 i? In a cross-age regression, each additional year of age predicted higher average pointing error, indicating overall spatial learning declines with age. → Barhorst-Cates Erica M. 2017
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Barhorst-Cates Erica M. 2017¶
Barhorst-Cates Erica M., Rand Kristina M., Creem-Regehr Sarah H. (2017). Let Me be Your Guide: Physical Guidance Improves Spatial Learning for Older Adults with Simulated Low Vision. Experimental Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-017-5063-8
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Cross-age comparison combining 12 older adults with younger-adult data from Rand et al. (2015) Experiment 5 (413 younger adults per the article's cross-age sample description; age data from 41 of 46). Descriptive means: younger guided 19.08°, unguided 22.59°; older guided 26.71°, unguided 36.58°.
"We ran the linear regression model with age predicting the average pointing error and found a significant relationship (B=.234, p <.01). For every one unit increase in age, the average pointing error increased by .234 units."
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Average pointing error increases linearly with age across younger and older adults in a real-world low-vision navigation task |
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Average pointing error increases linearly with age across younger and older adults in a real-world low-vision navigation task |
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