Motor tests and cognition in healthy older adults

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-176

  Ashendorf, Lee ^a   Vanderslice Barr, Jana L ^b   McCaffrey, Robert J ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ALBANY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger tapping; Grooved pegboard; Older adults; Psychomotor tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINGERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70449675023     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280903098562     Document Type: Article

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