Cognitive performance and age: Norms from the Maine-Syracuse study

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-271

  Dore, Gregory A ^a   Elias, Merrill F ^a,b   Robbins, Michael A ^a   Elias, Penelope K ^a   Brennan, Suzanne L ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAINE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW YORK; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34248562452     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730701319087     Document Type: Article

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