Visual cues and the handwriting of older adults: A kinematic analysis

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 521-526

  Slavin, Melissa J ^a   Phillips, James G ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029961975     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.3.521     Document Type: Article

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