Visual abilities in older adults explain age-differences in stroop and fluid intelligence but not face recognition: Implications for the vision-cognition connection

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-265

  Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Dain, Stephen ^b   Andrews, Sally ^c   Drobny, Juliette ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036979035     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.9.4.253.8770     Document Type: Article

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