Title |
Developmental changes in shortening of pro-saccade reaction time while maintaining neck flexion position
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Published in |
Journal of Physiological Anthropology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1186/s40101-017-0161-7 |
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Authors |
Kenji Kunita, Katsuo Fujiwara, Naoe Kiyota, Chie Yaguchi, Takeo Kiyota |
Abstract |
We investigated developmental changes in shortening of pro-saccade reaction time while maintaining neck flexion. Subjects comprised 135 children (3-14 years) and 29 young adults (19-23 years). Children were divided into six groups in 2-year age strata. Pro-saccade reaction tasks for 30 s were performed in neck rest and flexion positions. Reaction times under each position were averaged in every 10-s period. Under neck rest position, reaction time in the 0-10 s period was significantly longer in the 3- to 4-year-old group than in the 5- to 6-year-old group and above. No significant age effect was found for reaction time in the 0-10 s period in the 5- to 6-year-old group and above. Although a significant effect of neck flexion was not observed until the 9- to 10-year-old group, significant shortening of reaction time with neck flexion was found in the 11- to 12-year-old group and above. Furthermore, this shortening was maintained until the first 20-s period in the 11- to 12-year-old group and during the entire 30 s in the 13- to 14-year-old and above. These results suggest that brain activation with the maintenance of neck flexion, related to shortening of the pro-saccade reaction time, was found from a later age of approximately 11 years and above, compared with the age at which information-processing function in the pro-saccade was enhanced. In addition, brain activation with the maintenance of neck flexion was sustained longer with age. |
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