Multidimensional motor sequence learning is impaired in older but not younger or middle-aged adults.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify which characteristics of a multidimensional sequence containing motor, spatial, and temporal elements would be most salient for motor sequence learning and whether age might differentially affect this learning. SUBJECTS: Younger (n=11...
| Publicado en: | Physical Therapy Vol. 88; no. 3; pp. 351 - 363 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2008
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