Cognitive and Sensory Declines in Old Age: Gauging the Evidence for a Common Cause

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Lindenberger, Ulman ^a,b   Ghisletta, Paolo ^a,c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Distance Learning University   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aging; cognition; longitudinal data; random coefficient modeling; sensory functioning

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BERLIN; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRESBYCUSIS; PRESBYOPIA; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 64649090286     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014986     Document Type: Article

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