Age-related decline of peripheral visual processing: The role of eye movements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-124

  Beurskens, Rainer ^a   Bock, Otmar ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Arm motor control; Attention; Dual task; Oculomotor control; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859110069     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2978-3     Document Type: Article

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