Constraints on prehension: A framework for studying the effects of aging

Advances in Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue C, 1996, Pages 279-314

  Roy, Eric A ^a   Weir, Patricia L ^b   Leavitt, Jack L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; attention; motor control; movement time; prehension; reaction time; spatial variability of movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956783780     PISSN: 01664115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(96)80013-6     Document Type: Chapter

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