Gender and Education Impact on Brain Aging: A General Cognitive Factor Approach

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 608-620

  Proust Lima, Cécile ^a,b   Amieva, Hélène ^a,b   Letenneur, Luc ^a,b   Orgogozo, Jean Marc ^a,b   Jacqmin Gadda, Hélène ^a,b   Dartigues, Jean François ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

aging; education; gender; general cognitive factor; longitudinal latent variable model

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL SYSTEM; ADULT; AGE; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LONGEVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 54049110766     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012838     Document Type: Article

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