Is there an advanced aging effect on the ability to mentally represent action?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-209

  Gabbard, Carl ^a   Caçola, Priscila ^a   Cordova, Alberto ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental representation in elderly; Motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960107269     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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