Delay between cortical activity and postural sway

Older age is associated with delay between cortical activity and postural sway in humans.

“They also showed increased delays between cortical activity and postural sway, indicative of slower central processing speed.”

Humanshealthy participants performing balance tasks

Aging increases the cortical resources allocated to static balance maintenance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·26 May 2026