Aging, motor control, and the performance of computer mouse tasks

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-396

  Smith, Michael W ^a   Sharit, Joseph ^a   Czaja, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033374078     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779611102     Document Type: Article

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