Cognitive activities and cognitive functioning in the elderly;Actividades cognitivas y funcionamiento cognitivo en personas muy mayores

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 297-302

  Molina, María Ángeles ^a   Schettini, Rocío ^a   López Bravo, María Dolores ^b   Zamarrón, María Dolores ^a   Fernández Ballesteros, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Centro Universitario La Salle   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active aging; Cognitive activities; Cognitive functioning; Old adults; Very old

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 82955203209     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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