Short-term variability in cognitive performance and the calibration of longitudinal change

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Nesselroade, John R ^a   Berish, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; WITHIN PERSON VARIABILITY;

EID: 33646569920     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.3.P144     Document Type: Article

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