Modeling age and retest processes in longitudinal studies of cognitive abilities

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-259

  Ferrer, Emilio ^a   Salthouse, Timothy A ^b   Stewart, Walter F ^c,d   Schwartz, Brian S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 2642548175     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.2.243     Document Type: Article

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