Subjective cognitive complaints at menopause associated with declines in performance of verbal memory and attentional processes

Climacteric

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-98

  Schaafsma, M ^a   Homewood, J ^a   Taylor, A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive symptoms; Memory; Menopause; Objective cognitive function; Psychosocial predictors; Subjective cognitive complaints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VERBAL MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; THINKING;

EID: 75149146033     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697130903009187     Document Type: Article

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