No Protective Effects of Education During Normal Cognitive Aging: Results From the 6-Year Follow-Up of the Maastricht Aging Study

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-130

  Van Dijk, Koene R A ^a,b   Van Gerven, Pascal W M ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Van der Elst, Wim ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive reserve; education; longitudinal design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 43049124802     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.1.119     Document Type: Article

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