Age-Related variations of visuomotor adaptation result from both the acquisition and the application of explicit knowledge

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 333-339

  Hegele, Mathias ^a   Heuer, Herbert ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cognitive strategies; Explicit knowledge; Visuomotor rotation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881244666     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031914     Document Type: Article

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