Heterogeneous ability profiles may be a unique indicator of impending cognitive decline

Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 812-818

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Soubelet, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Across domain diversity; Longitudinal change; Within person variability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HETEROGENEOUS ABILITY PROFILE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THINKING; WITHIN PERSON VARIABILITY; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906936597     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000100     Document Type: Article

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