Browsing Medical Gerontology (Scholarly Publications) by Author "SETTI, ANNALISA"
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Does that look heavy to you? Perceived weight judgment in lifting actions in younger and older adults
KENNY, ROSE; SETTI, ANNALISA (2013)When interpreting other people's movements or actions, observers may not only rely on the visual cues available in the observed movement, but they may also be able to "put themselves in the other person's shoes" by engaging ... -
The Effect of Combined Sensory and Semantic Components on Audio Visual Speech Perception in Older Adults
SETTI, ANNALISA; KENNY, ROSE ANNE; NEWELL, FIONA; MAGUINNESS, CORRINA (2011)Previous studies have found that perception in older people benefits from multisensory over unisensory information. As normal speech recognition is affected by both the auditory input and the visual lip movements of the ... -
Susceptibility to a multisensory speech illusion in older persons is driven by perceptual processes.
SETTI, ANNALISA (2013)Recent studies suggest that multisensory integration is enhanced in older adults but it is not known whether this enhancement is solely driven by perceptual processes or affected by cognitive processes. Using the "McGurk ... -
Trail Making Test performance contributes to subjective judgment of visual efficiency in older adults
KENNY, ROSE; SETTI, ANNALISA (PeerJ Inc., 2015)Introduction. The determinant factors that influence self-reported quality of vision have yet to be fully elucidated. This study evaluated a range of contextual information, established psychophysical tests, and in particular, ... -
Validation of the self-reported hearing questions in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing against the Whispered Voice Test.
SETTI, ANNALISA; CRONIN, HILARY; KENNY, ROSE (2014)BACKGROUND: Self report questions are often used in population studies to assess sensory efficacy and decline. These questions differ in their validity in assessing sensory impairment depending on the wording of the ...