Neuropsychological Mediators of the Links Among Age, Chronic Illness, and Everyday Problem Solving

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 470-481

  Thornton, Wendy Loken ^a   Deria, Sirad ^a   Gelb, Shannon ^a   Shapiro, R Jean ^b   Hill, Amanda ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

age differences; chronic kidney disease; everyday problem solving; executive functioning; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SICK ROLE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34948832097     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.3.470     Document Type: Article

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