A structural modeling examination of the executive decline hypothesis of cognitive aging through reanalysis of Crawford et al.'s (2000) data

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-249

  Ferrer Caja, Emilio ^a   Crawford, John R ^b   Bryan, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036760019     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.9.3.231.9611     Document Type: Article

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