Everyday cognition in older adults: Associations with neuropsychological performance and structural brain imaging

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 430-441

  Farias, Sarah Tomaszewski ^a   Park, Lovingly Quitania ^a   Harvey, Danielle J ^b   Simon, Christa ^a   Reed, Bruce R ^a,c   Carmichael, Owen ^a   Mungas, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Dementia; Episodic memory; Executive function; Functional abilities; Instrumental activities of daily living; MCI; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876742515     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712001609     Document Type: Article

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