Ecological Relevance Determines Task Priority in Older Adults' Multitasking

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 377-385

  Doumas, Michail ^a,b   Krampe, Ralf Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual tasking; Multitasking; Postural control; Sensorimotor control; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939534714     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt105     Document Type: Article

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