The effect of age on fluid intelligence is fully mediated by physical health

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-109

  Bergman, Ingvar ^a   Almkvist, Ove ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain neuroimaging; Circulatory system; Cognitive aging; Nervous system; Neuropsychological assessment; Physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FLUID INTELLIGENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84876498787     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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