Sources of influence on rate of cognitive change over time in Swedish twins: An application of latent growth models

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-433

  Reynolds, Chandra A ^a   Finkel, Deborah ^b   Gatz, Margaret ^c,d   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMIMETICS; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0036791471     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730290103104     Document Type: Article

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