Written language clues to cognitive changes of aging: An analysis of the letters of King James VI/I

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Williams, Kristine ^a,c   Holmes, Frederick ^a   Kemper, Susan ^b   Marquis, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY; WRITING;

EID: 0037240699     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.1.P42     Document Type: Article

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