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  • The Functional Field of View of Older Adults is Associated with Contrast Discrimination in the Magnocellular not Parvocellular Pathway

    Author(s)
    Power, Garry F
    Conlon, Elizabeth G
    Zele, Andrew J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Conlon, Elizabeth G.
    Year published
    2020
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    OBJECTIVES: As we age, the functional field of view (FFOV) declines and these declines predict falls and motor vehicle accidents in older adults (Owsley, 2013). To increase understanding of possible causes of this decline, the current study explored whether the functional field of view in older adults is associated with the sensitivity of the magnocellular and parvocellular sub-cortical pathways. METHODS: Forty four younger (M = 27.18, SD = 5.40 years) and 44 older (M = 72.18, SD = 5.82 years) adults completed a FFOV test and the steady and pulsed pedestal paradigms of Pokorny and Smith (1997) as measures of magnocellular ...
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    OBJECTIVES: As we age, the functional field of view (FFOV) declines and these declines predict falls and motor vehicle accidents in older adults (Owsley, 2013). To increase understanding of possible causes of this decline, the current study explored whether the functional field of view in older adults is associated with the sensitivity of the magnocellular and parvocellular sub-cortical pathways. METHODS: Forty four younger (M = 27.18, SD = 5.40 years) and 44 older (M = 72.18, SD = 5.82 years) adults completed a FFOV test and the steady and pulsed pedestal paradigms of Pokorny and Smith (1997) as measures of magnocellular and parvocellular pathways, respectively. RESULTS: Older adults made more FFOV errors and had higher contrast discrimination thresholds in both the steady and pulsed pedestal paradigms, than younger adults. FFOV errors in the younger group were not related to contrast discrimination thresholds. In multiple regression, older group FFOV errors showed a strong unique association with contrast discrimination thresholds mediated via the magnocellular, but not the parvocellular pathway. DISCUSSION: We infer that reduced magnocellular pathway contrast sensitivity may contribute to reduced functional vision in older adults.
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    Journal Title
    The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa028
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    This publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Sociology
    Psychology
    Contrast
    Functional Field of View
    Magnocellular
    Visual Attention
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/396719
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