Deterioration of frontal lobe function in normal aging: Influences of fluid intelligence versus perceptual speed

Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 539-545

  Parkin, Alan J ^a   Java, Rosalind I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

EID: 0032867456     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.13.4.539     Document Type: Article

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