Personality traits, facets and cognitive performance: Age differences in their relations

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-95

  Graham, Eileen K ^a,b   Lachman, Margie E ^a,b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Facets; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891019608     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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