Why Are There Different Age Relations in Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Comparisons of Cognitive Functioning?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 252-256

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive aging; cohort; longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910019751     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414535212     Document Type: Article

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