An investigation of response and stimulus modality transfer effects after dual-task training in younger and older

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY 2012, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Lussier, Maxime ^a,b   Gagnon, Christine ^a,b   Bherer, Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive plasticity; Cognitive training; Divided attention; Executive function; References; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS MODALITY TRANSFER TASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84864100776     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00129     Document Type: Article

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