Effects of spatial and nonspatial memory tasks on choice stepping reaction time in older people

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1063-1068

  Sturnieks, Daina L ^a   St George, Rebecca ^a   Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Attention; Balance control; Reaction time; Stepping

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHOICE STEPPING REACTION TIME; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NON SPATIAL MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 55949090594     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.10.1063     Document Type: Article

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