Aging and inhibitory errors on a motor shift of set task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-66

  Potter, Lauren M ^a   Grealy, Madeleine A ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Grasp; Healthy older adults; Inhibition; Shift of set

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33645958239     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0244-2     Document Type: Article

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