Mediating effects of processing speed and executive functions in age-related differences in episodic memory performance: A cross-validation study

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 776-784

  Lee, Teresa ^a,b   Crawford, John D ^a   Henry, Julie D ^c   Trollor, Julian N ^a,d   Kochan, Nicole A ^a,b   Wright, Margaret J ^c,e   Ames, David ^f   Brodaty, Henry ^a,d   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive functions; Mediating effects; Memory; Speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VELOCITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874441903     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030053     Document Type: Article

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