Age-related IQ decline is reduced markedly after adjustment for the Flynn effect

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 865-870

  Dickinson, Mercedes D ^a   Hiscock, Merrill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cohort effect; Flynn effect; Gerontology; Intelligence; IQ testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957836537     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803391003596413     Document Type: Article

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