Preliminary evidence for low openness to experience as a pre-clinical marker of incipient cognitive decline in older adults

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 945-951

  Williams, Paula G ^a   Suchy, Yana ^a   Kraybill, Matthew L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Openness to Experience; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885451176     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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