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Stepping over obstacles
— dividing attention impairs performance of old more than young adults | | Author(s) | Hsieh-Ching Chen, Albert B Schultz, James A Ashton Miller, Bruno Giordani |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 51A, no 3, May 1996 |
| Pages | pp M116-M122 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Gait loss ; Older people ; Young people. |
| Annotation | Reports on a study which examined whether dividing attention affects older people more than younger people in their abilities to avoid obstacles under time-critical conditions. |
| Accession Number | CPA-960703024 A |
| Classmark | OLF: C8G: B: SB |
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