Age diminishes performance on an antisaccade eye movement task

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 483-489

  Olincy, A ^a   Ross, R G ^a   Youngd, D A ^b   Freedman, R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Eye movements; Frontal lobe; Inhibition; Saccades

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030668110     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(97)00109-7     Document Type: Article

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