Digit span performance of persons 75-96 years of age: Base rates and associations with selected demographic variables

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 324-327

  Ryan, Joseph J ^a,c   Lopez, Shane J ^a   Paolo, Anthony M ^b  

^a Dwight D Eisenhower Vet Aff M ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Psychology Service 116B   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FINGER; HUMAN; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029801437     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.8.3.324     Document Type: Article

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