Are individual differences in rates of aging greater at older ages?

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2373-2381

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Between person variability; Cognitive functioning; Longitudinal change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864389284     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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