Greater Intermanual Transfer in the Elderly Suggests Age-Related Bilateral Motor Cortex Activation Is Compensatory

ABSTRACT. Hemispheric lateralization of movement control diminishes with age; whether this is compensatory or maladaptive is debated. The authors hypothesized that if compensatory, bilateral activation would lead to greater intermanual transfer in older subjects learning tasks that activate the cor...

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Main Authors: Graziadio, Sara, Nazarpour, Kianoush, Gretenkord, Sabine, Jackson, Andrew, Eyre, Janet A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4299868/