Aging affects motor skill learning when the task requires inhibitory control

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 597-613

  Brosseau, Julie ^a   Potvin, Marie Julie ^b   Rouleau, Isabelle ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 34547756804     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640701361120     Document Type: Article

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