Dispersion in cognitive ability as a function of age: A longitudinal study of an elderly community sample

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 214-228

  Christensen, Helen ^a   Mackinnon, A J ^a   Korten, A E ^a   Jorm, A F ^a   Henderson, A S ^a   Jacomb, P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISPERSION; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033370491     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.6.3.214.779     Document Type: Article

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