Examination of the processing speed account in a population-based longitudinal study with narrow age cohort design

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 419-428

  Sternäng, Ola ^a,b   Wahlin, Åke ^a,b,c   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Cohort; Longitudinal; Memory; Processing speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SWEDEN;

EID: 51749123125     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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