Cross-task compatibility and age-related dual-task performance

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 469-487

  Grabbe, Jeremy W ^a   Allen, Philip A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868252039     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2012.726154     Document Type: Article

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