Compromised encoding of proprioceptively determined joint angles in older adults: The role of working memory and attentional load

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Goble, Daniel J ^a   Mousigian, Marianne A ^b   Brown, Susan H ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional loading; Position sense; Proprioception; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BACKWARD DIGIT SPAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELBOW; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT POSTURE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856247759     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2904-8     Document Type: Article

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