Working memory and postural control: Adult age differences in potential for improvement, task priority, and dual tasking

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-201

  Doumas, Michail ^a   Rapp, Michael A ^b   Krampe, Ralf Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Dual task; Posture; Resource allocation; Risk of falling; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 64149116733     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp009     Document Type: Article

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