Does activity engagement protect against cognitive decline in old age? Methodological and analytical considerations

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Ghisletta, Paolo ^a   Bickel, Jean François ^a   Lövdén, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749364305     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.5.P253     Document Type: Article

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