Practice and age-related loss of adaptability in sensorimotor performance

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-146

  Sosnoff, Jacob J ^a   Voudrie, Stefani J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Force control; Loss of complexity; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749138954     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.41.2.137-146     Document Type: Article

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