Sports can protect dynamic visual acuity from aging: A study with young and older judo and karate martial arts athletes

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2061-2073

  Muiños, Mónica ^a,b   Ballesteros, Soledad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; DVA; Dynamic visual acuity; Judo athletes; Karate athletes; Martial arts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATHLETE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MARTIAL ART; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATHLETES; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938420780     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-015-0901-x     Document Type: Article

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