Reconnecting cognition in the lab and cognition in real life: The role of compensatory social and motivational factors in explaining how cognition ages in the wild

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Verhaeghen, Paul ^a   Martin, Mike ^b   Sȩdek, Grzegorz ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognition; Motivational factors; Social factors; Special Issue

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGING; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84856850639     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2011.645009     Document Type: Review

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