Comparison of age and time-to-death in the dedifferentiation of late-life cognitive abilities

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 844-851

  Batterham, Philip J ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Mackinnon, Andrew J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Dedifferentiation hypothesis; Dementia; Intelligence; Mortality; Time to death

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME TO DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82955196737     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023300     Document Type: Article

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