Interacting Effects of Cognitive Load and Adult Age on the Regularity of Whole-Body Motion During Treadmill Walking

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Verrel, Julius ^a   Lövdén, Martin ^a,b   Schellenbach, Michael ^a,c   Schaefer, Sabine ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

aging; dual tasking; gait; principal component analysis; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64649094323     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014272     Document Type: Article

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