Memories that last in old age: Motor skill learning and memory preservation

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 883-890

  Smith, C D ^a,b   Walton, A ^a   Loveland, A D ^a   Umberger, G H ^a   Kryscio, R J ^a,b   Gash, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory preservation; Motor learning; Motor memory; Skill learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 13844296736     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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