Motor imagery and aging

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-28

  Saimpont, Arnaud ^a,b   Malouin, Francine ^a,b   Tousignant, Béatrice ^a,b   Jackson, Philip L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c Centre de Recherche de Linstitut en Santé Mentale de Québec   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; mental practice; motor imagery

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT NERVE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84874496476     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2012.740098     Document Type: Article

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