The reliance on visual feedback control by older adults is highlighted in tasks requiring precise endpoint placement and precision grip

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Coats, Rachel O ^a   Wann, John P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Older adults; Prehension; Reaching; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 80053972706     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2813-x     Document Type: Article

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