Typical intellectual engagement and cognition in the ninth decade of life: The lothian birth cohort 1921

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 761-767

  Von Stumm, Sophie ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Intelligence; Investment; Latent growth curve model; Typical intellectual engagement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; THINKING; TYPICAL INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENT; VERBAL FLUENCY; VERBALIZATION; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84873024699     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026527     Document Type: Article

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