Subthreshold depressive symptoms have a negative impact on cognitive functioning in middle-aged and older males

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Brevik, Erlend J ^a,b   Eikeland, Rune A ^a   Lundervold, Astri J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b KG Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Crystallized intelligence; Depression; Fluid intelligence; Neuropsychology; Sex differences; Subthreshold depressive symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878913963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00309     Document Type: Article

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