Age-related deficits in low-level inhibitory motor control

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 905-918

  Schlaghecken, Friederike ^a   Birak, Kulbir S ^a   Maylor, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Inhibition; Masked priming; Motor control; Negative compatibility effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955190492     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023832     Document Type: Article

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