Age-related declines in visuospatial working memory correlate with deficits in explicit motor sequence learning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2744-2754

  Bo, J ^a   Borza, V ^a   Seidler, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449355014     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00393.2009     Document Type: Article

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