Within-individual variability in neurocognitive performance: Age- and sex-related differences in children and youths from ages 8 to 21

Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 506-518

  Roalf, David R ^a   Gur, Raquel E ^a,b   Ruparel, Kosha ^a   Calkins, Monica E ^a   Satterthwaite, Theodore D ^a   Bilker, Warren B ^b   Hakonarson, Hakon ^c   Harris, Lauren Julius ^d   Gur, Ruben C ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Cognitive neuroscience; Development; Sex differences; Within individual variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WITHIN INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904070353     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000067     Document Type: Article

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