Is left-handedness associated with a more pronounced age-related cognitive decline?

Laterality

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-254

  Van der Elst, Wim ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Van Breukelen, Gerard J P ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 43049086664     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500701825693     Document Type: Article

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