Healthy ageing, perceived motor-efficacy, and performance on cognitively demanding action tasks

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-70

  Potter, Lauren M ^a   Grealy, Madeleine A ^b   O'Connor, Rory C ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 61449149404     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712608X304478     Document Type: Article

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