Openness to experience and activity engagement facilitate the maintenance of verbal ability in older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 849-854

  Hogan, Michael J ^a   Staff, Roger T ^b   Bunting, Brendan P ^c   Deary, Ian J ^d   Whalley, Lawrence J ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Openness; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84874454978     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029066     Document Type: Article

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