Aging and variability in performance

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Shammi, Prathiba ^a,b   Bosman, Elizabeth ^a,c   Stuss, Donald T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031688583     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.5.1.1.23     Document Type: Article

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