Emergence of a powerful connection between sensory and cognitive functions across the adult life span: A new window to the study of cognitive aging?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-21

  Baltes, Paul B ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031005504     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.1.12     Document Type: Article

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