Effects of race and socioeconomic status on the relative influence of education and literacy on cognitive functioning

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 580-589

  Dotson, Vonetta M ^a   Kitner Triolo, Melissa H ^a   Evans, Michele K ^a   Zonderman, Alan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Demographics; Ethnicity; Income; Neuropsychological testing; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINORITY GROUP; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349423606     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709090821     Document Type: Article

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