Does cognitive ability predict mortality in the ninth decade? The Lothian Birth Cohort 1921

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 490-498

  Murray, Catherine ^a   Pattie, Alison ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive change; Intelligence; Memory; Mortality; Old age

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865170440     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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