Conceptual and measurement challenges in research on cognitive reserve

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 593-601

  Jones, Richard N ^a,b   Manly, Jennifer ^c   Glymour, M Maria ^d   Rentz, Dorene M ^e   Jefferson, Angela L ^f   Stern, Yaakov ^c,g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain reserve; Cognition; Cognitive reserve; Education; Environment; Intelligence; Latent variable; Multivariate Analysis; Neuronal plasticity; Social Class; Social Environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960226553     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710001748     Document Type: Article

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