Executive Functioning as a Potential Mediator of Age-Related Cognitive Decline in Normal Adults

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 566-594

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Atkinson, Thomas M ^a   Berish, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0344287524     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.132.4.566     Document Type: Article

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