Further analyses of the effects of practice, dropout, sex, socio-economic advantage, and recruitment cohort differences during the University of Manchester longitudinal study of cognitive change in old age

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1859-1872

  Rabbitt, Patrick ^a,b   Lunn, Mary ^a   Ibrahim, Said ^c   McInnes, Lynn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive change; Longitudinal; Old age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70449564982     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802633461     Document Type: Article

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