Dissociation between performance on abstract tests of executive function and problem solving in real-life-type situations in normal aging

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-21

  Crawford, S ^a   Channon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SKILL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036166176     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860120101130     Document Type: Article

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