Aging increases the susceptibility to motor memory interference and reduces off-line gains in motor skill learning

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1892-1900

  Roig, Marc ^a,b   Ritterband Rosenbaum, Anina ^b   Lundbye Jensen, Jesper ^b   Nielsen, Jens Bo ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Interference; Motor memory; Motor skill; Procedural learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDINBURGH HANDEDNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899903534     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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