The relationship of cortisol to practice-related gains in intelligence among older persons

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-230

  Kelly, Kimberly ^a   Hayslip, Bert ^a   Hobdy, Julian ^a   Servaty, Heather ^a   Ennis, Michael ^a   Pavur, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031835627     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107398244229     Document Type: Article

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