Age-Related Deficits in Visuospatial Memory Are due to Changes in Preparatory Set and Eye–Hand Coordination

Objectives. Healthy aging is associated with a decline in visuospatial working memory. The nature of the changes leading to this decline in response of the eye and/or hand is still under debate. This study aims to establish whether impairments observed in performance on cognitive tasks are due to actual cognitive effects or are caused by motor-related eye–hand coordination.