Openness to experience, intelligence, and successful ageing

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 895-899

  Gregory, Tess ^a   Nettelbeck, Ted ^a   Wilson, Carlene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystallised ability; Everyday functioning; Fluid reasoning; Functional status; Intelligence; Memory; Openness to experience; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950339066     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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