“Executive functions” cannot be distinguished from general intelligence: Two variations on a single theme within a symphony of latent variance

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Royall, Donald R ^a,b,c   Palmer, Raymond F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Dementia; Executive function; Functional status; G; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CLOCK DRAWING TO COMMAND; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EXECUTIVE CONTROL FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATTIS DEMENTIA RATING SCALE MEMORY SUBSCALE; MEMORY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUMMED LEARNING TRIAL 1 5; TRAIL MAKING TEST PART B; VALIDITY; WAIS R DIGIT SYMBOL CODING;

EID: 84908235414     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00369     Document Type: Article

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