Executive Function in Older Adults: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 508-522

  Hull, Rachel ^a   Martin, Randi C ^b   Beier, Margaret E ^b   Lane, David ^b   Hamilton, A Cris ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; dedifferentiation; executive function; factor analysis; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 47249089131     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.22.4.508     Document Type: Article

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