Effects of familiarity of task and choice on the functional performance of younger and older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-254

  Dickerson, Anne E ^a   Fisher, Anne G ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 0030916626     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.2.247     Document Type: Article

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