Interaction between the development of postural control and the executive function of attention

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-102

  Reilly, Dinah S ^a,b   Van Donkelaar, Paul ^a   Saavedra, Sandy ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dual task; Executive function of attention; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTURAL CONTROL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 41549116414     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.40.2.90-102     Document Type: Article

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