Directing attention externally improves continuous visuomotor skill performance in older adults who have undergone cancer chemotherapy

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 369-370

  Porter, Jared M ^a   Anton, Philip M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIGHT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951601683     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03255.x     Document Type: Letter

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