Can an old dog learn (and want to experience) new tricks? Cognitive training increases openness to experience in older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-292

  Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Hill, Patrick L ^b   Payne, Brennan R ^b   Roberts, Brent W ^b   Stine Morrow, Elizabeth A L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductive reasoning; Openness to experience; Personality; Personality development; Training intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; THINKING; AGING; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

EID: 84861561589     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025918     Document Type: Article

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