Sensorimotor variables and forced expiratory volume as correlates of speed, accuracy, and variability in reaction time performance in late adulthood

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-95

  Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VIBRATION SENSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033379159     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.6.2.84.786     Document Type: Article

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