Executive functioning mediates the link between other neuropsychological domains and daily functioning: A Project FRONTIER study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-113

  O'Bryant, Sid E ^a,b   Falkowski, Jed ^c   Hobson, Valerie ^d   Johnson, Leigh ^a,e   Hall, James ^f   Schrimsher, Gregory W ^a   Win, Ohmar ^a   Ngo, Bichthy ^a   Dentino, Andrew ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; executive functioning; functional status; rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951675911     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000967     Document Type: Article

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