Functional aging impairs the role of feedback in motor learning

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 849-859

  Liu, Yu ^b   Cao, Chunmei ^b   Yan, Jin H ^a,b  

^a CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Cognition; Knowledge of results; Motor control and learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT;

AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS; MOTOR CONTROL AND LEARNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885939551     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12013     Document Type: Article

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