Multivariate longitudinal modeling of cognitive aging: Associations among change and variation in processing speed and visuospatial ability

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-24

  Robitaille, Annie ^a   Muniz, Graciela ^b   Piccinin, Andrea M ^a   Johansson, Boo ^c   Hofer, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; growth curve modeling; longitudinal analysis; multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT GROWTH CURVE MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859077994     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000051     Document Type: Article

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