The Victoria Longitudinal Study: From characterizing cognitive aging to illustrating changes in memory compensation

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 346-376

  Dixon, Roger A ^a   De Frias, Cindy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUAL BASED POPULATION MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY COMPENSATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RECALL; REVIEW; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SKILL; VICTORIA LONGITUDINAL STUDY;

EID: 6344228045     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580490511161     Document Type: Review

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