Age-related deficits in efficiency of low-level lateral inhibition

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL 2012, 2012, Pages

  Schlaghecken, Friederike ^a   Birak, Kulbir S ^a   Maylor, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Inhibition; Masked priming; Motor control; Positive compatibility effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 84933674695     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00102     Document Type: Article

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