Early and late life cognitive activity and cognitive systems in old age

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-407

  Wilson, Robert S ^a,c   Barnes, Lisa L ^a,c   Krueger, Kristin R ^a,c   Hoganson, George ^a   Bienias, Julia L ^b,c   Bennett, David A ^a,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiologic studies; Human activity; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 23844440213     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617705050459     Document Type: Article

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