The continuing effects of substantively complex work on the intellectual functioning of older workers

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-506

  Schooler, Carmi ^a   Mulatu, Mesfin Samuel ^b   Oates, Gary ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 0032850997     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.3.483     Document Type: Article

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