Cognitive decline in old age: Separating retest effects from the effects of growing older

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 774-789

  Wilson, Robert S ^a   Li, Yan ^a,b   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Bennett, David A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Longitudinal studies; Religious orders study; Retest effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLERGY; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845979459     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.4.774     Document Type: Article

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