Verbal learning and everyday functioning in dementia: An application of latent variable growth curve modeling

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Mast, Benjamin T ^a   Allaire, Jason C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FULD OBJECT MEMORY EVALUATION; HUMAN; LATENT VARIABLE GROWTH CURVE MODELING; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 33646589291     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.3.P167     Document Type: Article

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