"When does age-related cognitive decline begin?" Salthouse again reifies the "cross-sectional fallacy"

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-529

  Schaie, K Warner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult age decrement; Cognition; Cohort differences; Cross sectional design; Cross sectional fallacy; Longitudinal design; Practice effects; Reliability vs. stability

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 61649083487     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.12.012     Document Type: Note

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