Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of successful cognitive ageing

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 949-967

  Newson, Rachel ^a   Kemps, Eva ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33745822450     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390591004356     Document Type: Article

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