Facilitating acquisition and transfer of a continuous motor task in healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 202-212

  Dick, Malcolm B ^a   Hsieh, Susie ^a   Bricker, Josh ^a   Dick Muehlke, Cordula ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Adult Day Services of Orange County   (United States)

^c HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0038350926     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.17.2.202     Document Type: Article

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