Cognitive functioning and everyday problem solving in older adults

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 432-452

  Burton, Catherine L ^a   Strauss, Esther ^a   Hultsch, David F ^a   Hunter, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVERYDAY PROBLEMS TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747142350     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040590967063     Document Type: Article

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