Aging and concurrent task performance: Cognitive demand and motor control

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 689-706

  Albinet, Cédric ^a   Tomporowski, Phillip D ^b   Beasman, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 33749457094     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270600835421     Document Type: Article

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