Lifespan psychology: Theory and application to intellectual functioning

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 471-507

  Baltes, Paul B ^a   Staudinger, Ursula M ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Child development; Co evolution; Cognitive development; Developmental theory; Intelligence; Lifespan development; Lifespan psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544455887     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.471     Document Type: Article

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