Adam J J, Paas F G, Teeken J C, van Loon E M, van Boxtel M P, Houx P J, Jolles J
Department of Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 1998 Jun;24(3):870-83. doi: 10.1037//0096-1523.24.3.870.
This study investigated age-related precuing effects in the finger-precuing task (J. Miller, 1982). In this task, a spatial precue provides partial advance information about which fingers to use for responding. Results indicated a substantial age-related deficit in preparing 2 fingers on 2 hands, but not on 1 hand. This disparate set of findings does not provide strong support for A. A. Hartley's (1993) hypothesis that anterior brain attention systems responsible for selection-for-action are compromised with advancing age. Finally, the authors report that advancing age increasingly slows reaction time more to the inner than to the outer stimulus-response positions. A possible mechanism of this age-related bowed stimulus-response position effect is discussed.
本研究在手指预提示任务中（J. 米勒，1982年）探究了与年龄相关的预提示效应。在该任务中，空间预提示提供了关于使用哪些手指进行反应的部分提前信息。结果表明，在准备双手各用两根手指时存在显著的与年龄相关的缺陷，但单手准备时则不存在。这一系列不同的研究结果并未为A. A. 哈特利（1993年）的假设提供有力支持，该假设认为负责行动选择的前脑注意力系统会随着年龄增长而受损。最后，作者报告称，随着年龄的增长，反应时间对内刺激 - 反应位置的减慢程度比对外刺激 - 反应位置的减慢程度更大。本文讨论了这种与年龄相关的弓形刺激 - 反应位置效应的一种可能机制。
