The Stability of Intelligence From Age 11 to Age 90 Years: The Lothian Birth Cohort of 1921

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2361-2368

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Pattie, Alison ^a   Starr, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; cognition; intelligence; IQ; longitudinal study; Lothian Birth Cohort; Moray House Test; Scottish Mental Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890412276     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613486487     Document Type: Article

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