Personality and risk of cognitive impairment 25 years later

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 573-580

  Crowe, Michael ^a   Andel, Ross ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c,d   Fratiglioni, Laura ^c   Gatz, Margaret ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Extraversion; Neuroticism; Personality; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

AGED; AROUSAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; REGISTRIES; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 33749013273     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.3.573     Document Type: Article

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