How Does it STAC Up? Revisiting the Scaffolding Theory of Aging and Cognition

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 355-370

  Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^a   Park, Denise C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Cognitive aging; Compensation; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919912651     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-014-9270-9     Document Type: Review

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