Effects of cognitive training on change in accuracy in inductive reasoning ability

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Boron, Julie Blaskewicz ^a   Turiano, Nicholas A ^b   Willis, Sherry L ^c   Schaie, K Warner ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34248666741     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.3.P179     Document Type: Article

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