Is the emergence of functional ability decline in early old age related to change in speed of cognitive processing and also to change in personality?

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 691-712

  Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Schmitt, Marina ^b   Danner, Daniel ^a   Coppin, Antonia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

early onset of functional ability decline; personality change; speed of cognitive processing

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77955861076     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310372410     Document Type: Article

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