Odor identification in old age: Demographic, sensory and cognitive correlates

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-244

  Larsson, Maria ^a,b   Öberg, Christina ^c   Backman, Lars ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 26244450407     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/138255890968385     Document Type: Article

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