Effects of age and gender on discrete and reciprocal aiming movements

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-198

  Teeken, Joep C ^a   Adam, Jos J ^a   Paas, Fred G W C ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Houx, Peter J ^a   Jolles, Jellemer ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; SEX;

EID: 0030055146     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.2.195     Document Type: Article

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