Two thirds of the age-based changes in fluid and crystallized intelligence, perceptual speed, and memory in adulthood are shared

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-268

  Ghisletta, Paolo ^a,b   Rabbitt, Patrick ^c,d   Lunn, Mary ^c   Lindenberger, Ulman ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Distance Learning University   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Longitudinal data; Multivariate multilevel model; Shared change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859822816     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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