Practice of contemporary dance improves cognitive flexibility in aging

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Coubard, Olivier A ^a   Duretz, Stéphanie ^a   Lefebvre, Virginie ^a   Lapalus, Pauline ^b   Ferrufino, Lena ^a,c  

^a CNS Fed   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional control; Contemporary dance; Improvisation; Motor activity; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859713998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2011.00013     Document Type: Article

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