Education is associated with higher later life IQ scores, but not with faster cognitive processing speed

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 515-521

  Ritchie, Stuart J ^a   Bates, Timothy C ^a   Der, Geoff ^a,b   Starr, John M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive reserve; Education; Intelligence; Lothian Birth Cohort (LBC); Processing speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84881251505     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030820     Document Type: Article

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