Latent Growth Curve Analyses of Accelerating Decline in Cognitive Abilities in Late Adulthood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 535-550

  Finkel, Deborah ^a   Reynolds, Chandra A ^b   McArdle, John J ^c   Gatz, Margaret ^e   Pedersen, Nancy L ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0141753137     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.535     Document Type: Article

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