Effect of aging on coordinated eye and hand movements with two-segment sequence

Motor Control

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-465

  Rand, Miya K ^a   Stelmach, George E ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Eye hand coordination; Gaze anchoring; Kinematics; Limb control; Ocoulomotor control

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 84870011428     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.16.4.447     Document Type: Article

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