Toward An Alternative Representation for Disentangling Age-Associated Differences in General and Specific Cognitive Abilities

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-56

  Schmiedek, Florian ^a   Li, Shu Chen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 1542408918     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.40     Document Type: Article

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