Altered representation of peripersonal space in the elderly human subject: A sensorimotor approach

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-196

  Ghafouri, Mohammad ^a   Lestienne, Francis G ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Arm drawing movements; Egocentric peripersonal space; Elderly; Mental representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034637142     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01280-5     Document Type: Article

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