Stepping over obstacles: Dividing attention impairs performance of old more than young adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Chen, Hsieh Ching ^a   Schultz, Albert B ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^a   Giordani, Bruno ^a   Alexander, Neil B ^a   Guire, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; WALKING;

EID: 0029866478     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.3.M116     Document Type: Article

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