Does the direction and magnitude of cognitive change depend on initial level of ability?

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-361

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability dependent change; Aging; Longitudinal change; Regression toward the mean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861699193     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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