Neurocognitive influences on health behavior in a community sample

Health Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 778-782

  Hall, Peter A ^a   Elias, Lorin J ^b   Crossley, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Executive function; Health behavior; Health protective behaviors; Health risk behaviors; Intelligence; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750984784     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.25.6.778     Document Type: Article

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