Five views of a secret: Does cognition change during middle adulthood?

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-146

  Zimprich, Daniel ^a   Mascherek, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive change; Interindividual change; Intraindividual change; Measurement invariance; Middle adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956902873     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-010-0161-5     Document Type: Article

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