Age and planning tasks: The influence of ecological validity

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-184

  Phillips, Louise H ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^b   Martin, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PLANNING; SHOPPING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 29844447630     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EM1W-HAYC-TMLM-WW8X     Document Type: Article

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