Older adults can improve movement by using same motor strategy as babies

A motor mechanism that has been attributed primarily to early development in babies and toddlers can also help older adults improve movement accuracy, according to new research. In an article published this week in Scientific Reports, the researcher shows that an infant’s exploration-exploitation process can work in older adults, as well. “In early development, babies seem to make random movements in all directions until they learn to purposefully reach for objects,” says Dr Shelly Levy-Tzedek, a lecturer in the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Department of Physiotherapy, Leon and Matilda Recanati School for Community Health Professions. “Their movements are