caa a22 4500 445354119 CHVBK 20180317142854.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00221-010-2466-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00221-010-2466-1 Effects of aging on switching the response direction of pro- and antisaccades [Elektronische Daten] [Bettina Olk, Yu Jin] The present study investigated effects of task switching between pro- and antisaccades and switching the direction of these saccades (response switching) on performance of younger and older adults. Participants performed single-task blocks, in which only pro- or only antisaccades had to be made as well as mixed-task blocks, in which pro- and antisaccades were required. Analysis of specific task switch effects in the mixed-task blocks showed switch costs for error rates for prosaccades for both groups, suggesting that antisaccade task rules persisted and affected the following prosaccade. The comparison between single- and mixed-task blocks showed that mixing costs were either equal or smaller for older than younger participants, indicating that the older participants were well able to keep task sets in working memory. The most prominent age difference that was observed for response switching was that for the older but not younger group task switching and response switching interacted, resulting in less errors when two consecutive antisaccades were made in the same direction. This finding is best explained with a facilitation of these consecutive antisaccades. The present study clearly demonstrated the impact of response switching and a difference between age groups, underlining the importance of considering this factor when investigating pro- and antisaccades, especially antisaccades, and when investigating task switching and aging. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Aging nationallicence Antisaccade nationallicence Response selection nationallicence Oculomotor competition nationallicence Task switching nationallicence Response switching nationallicence Inhibition nationallicence Olk Bettina School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany aut Jin Yu School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany aut Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 208/1(2011-01-01), 139-150 0014-4819 208:1<139 2011 208 221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2466-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2466-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Olk Bettina School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jin Yu School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 208/1(2011-01-01), 139-150 0014-4819 208:1<139 2011 208 221 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer