A growth curve model of learning acquisition among cognitively normal older adults

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-312

  Jones, Richard N ^a   Rosenberg, Adrienne L ^a   Morris, John N ^a   Allaire, Jason C ^b   McCoy, Karin J M ^c   Marsiske, Michael ^c   Kleinman, Ken P ^d   Rebok, George W ^e   Malloy, Paul F ^f  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 21044437066     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730590948195     Document Type: Article

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