The effect of education on cognitive performances and its implication for the constitution of the cognitive reserve

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-337

  Le Carret, Nicolas ^a   Lafont, Sylviane ^b   Letenneur, Luc ^a   Dartigues, Jean François ^a   Mayo, Willy ^a   Fabrigoule, Colette ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; APTITUDE TEST; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037762691     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942DN2303_1     Document Type: Review

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