Visuomotor control in continuous response time tasks across different age groups

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-182

  Liu, Guanmin ^a   Chen, David D ^b   Qin, Chunbo ^c   Chan, John S Y ^d   Peng, Kaiping ^a   Yan, Jin H ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906683928     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/25.10.PMS.119c13z8     Document Type: Article

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