Can longitudinal changes in processing speed explain longitudinal age changes in fluid intelligence?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 690-695

  Zimprich, Daniel ^a,c   Martin, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b German Center for Research on Aging   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0036905149     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.17.4.690     Document Type: Article

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