The relationship between everyday problem solving and inconsistency in reaction time in older adults

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-632

  Burton, Catherine L ^a   Strauss, Esther ^a   Hultsch, David F ^a   Hunter, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Everyday problem solving; Inconsistency; Instrumental activities of daily living; Older adults; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70149116193     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580903167283     Document Type: Article

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