Influence of late-life cognitive activity on cognitive health

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1123-1129

  Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Segawa, Eisuke ^a   Boyle, Patricia A ^b   Bennett, David A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84860757393     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31824f8c03     Document Type: Article

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