The cognitive complexity of concurrent cognitive-motor tasks reveals age-related deficits in motor performance

Abstract Aging reduces cognitive functions, and such impairments have implications in mental and motor performance. Cognitive function has been recently linked to the risk of falls in older adults. Physical activities have been used to attenuate the declines in cognitive functions and reduce fall in...

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Main Authors: Anderson Souza Oliveira, Mikkel Staall Reiche, Cristina Ioana Vinescu, Sif Amalie Halkjær Thisted, Carina Hedberg, Miguel Nobre Castro, Martin Gronbech Jørgensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24346-7