Neural correlates of attentional and executive processing in middle-age fencers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1057-1066

  Taddei, Francesco ^a   Bultrini, Alessandro ^a   Spinelli, Donatella ^a,b   Di Russo, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; erps; executive function; middle age athletes; sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; REACTION TIME; SPORTS;

EID: 84861526222     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824529c2     Document Type: Article

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