Enhanced multisensory integration in older adults

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1155-1163

  Laurienti, Paul J ^a   Burdette, Jonathan H ^a   Maldjian, Joseph A ^a   Wallace, Mark T ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory; Cross modal; Geriatric; Multisensory; Redundant target; Visual

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COHORT STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33744918798     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.05.024     Document Type: Article

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