Working memory tasks differ in factor structure across age cohorts: Implications for dedifferentiation

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-528

  Johnson, Wendy ^a,b   Logie, Robert H ^a   Brockmole, James R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Internet testing; Measurement invariance; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955919762     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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