Modeling cognitive trajectories within longitudinal studies: A focus on older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Steinerman, Joshua R ^a   Hall, Charles B ^a   Sliwinski, Martin J ^b   Lipton, Richard B ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

change point; cognitive aging; measurement burst; robust norms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77957371575     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02982.x     Document Type: Review

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