Relations between aging sensory/sensorimotor and cognitive functions

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 777-783

  Li, Karen Z H ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Cognitive decline; Hearing; Sensory decline; Vision; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 0036858272     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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