Lifespan changes in multi-tasking: Concurrent walking and memory search in children, young, and older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-405

  Krampe, Ralf Th ^a   Schaefer, Sabine ^b   Lindenberger, Ulman ^b   Baltes, Paul B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive resources; Dual task; Lifespan; Semantic fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952005523     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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