Aging, Time Scales, and Sensorimotor Variability

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 809-818

  Newell, Karl M ^a   Mayer Kress, Gottfried ^a   Liu, Yeou Teh ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aging; noise; sensorimotor variability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENT; DISABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NOISE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NOISE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149158017     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017911     Document Type: Article

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