The scripting of activities of daily living in normal aging: Anticipation and shifting deficits with preservation of sequencing

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 220-224

  Godbout, L ^a   Doucet, C ^a   Fiola, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034212754     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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