An analysis of diversity in the cognitive performance of elderly community dwellers: Individual differences in change scores as a function of age

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-379

  Christensen, Helen ^a   Korten, A E ^a   Jorm, A F ^a   Henderson, A S ^a   Jacomb, P ^a   Rodgers, Bryan ^a   Mackinnon, A J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345713149     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.3.365     Document Type: Article

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