Visual-motor integration of unexpected sensory events in young and older participants: A kinematic analysis

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-211

  Heath, Matthew ^a   Roy, Eric A ^a   Weir, Patricia L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0032871820     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942DN1602_4     Document Type: Article

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