Practice effect and beyond: Reaction to novelty as an independent predictor of cognitive decline among older adults

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-111

  Suchy, Yana ^a   Kraybill, Matthew L ^a   Franchow, Emilie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive decline; Cognitive reserve; Learning; Novelty; Practice effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451471999     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561771000130X     Document Type: Article

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