Cognitive aging affects motor performance and learning

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

  Ren, Jie ^a   Wu, Yan D ^b   Chan, John S Y ^c   Yan, Jin H ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Action cognition coupling; Aging; Cognitive and motor development; Skill learning

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; COGNITION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 84871953583     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00914.x     Document Type: Review

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