The ability to modulate peripersonal and extrapersonal reach space via tool use among the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 383-388

  Caçola, Priscila ^a   Martinez, Amanda ^a   Ray, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment period; Elderly; Estimation of reach; Space representation; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PERSONAL SPACE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872486869     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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