Cognitively elite, cognitively normal, and cognitively impaired aging: Neurocognitive status and stability moderate memory performance

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 418-430

  Dixon, Roger A ^a   De Frias, Cindy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitively elite aging; Memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Normal cognitive aging; Victoria Longitudinal Study

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84900018332     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2014.903901     Document Type: Article

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