Age-related slowing of digit symbol substitution revisited: What do longitudinal age changes reflect?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  MacDonald, Stuart W S ^a,c   Hultsch, David F ^a   Strauss, Esther ^a   Dixon, Roger A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038332083     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.3.P187     Document Type: Article

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