Heterogeneity of cognitive trajectories in diverse older persons

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Mungas, Dan ^a   Beckett, Laurel ^a   Harvey, Danielle ^a   Tomaszewski Farias, Sarah ^a   Reed, Bruce ^a,b   Carmichael, Owen ^a   Olichney, John ^a   Miller, Joshua ^a   DeCarli, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive change; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Normal cognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

EID: 77957276652     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019502     Document Type: Article

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