Life experience and demographic influences on cognitive function in older adults

Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 846-858

  Brewster, Paul W H ^a   Melrose, Rebecca J ^b,c   Marquine, María J ^d   Johnson, Julene K ^e   Napoles, Anna ^e   MacKay Brandt, Anna ^f   Farias, Sarah ^g   Reed, Bruce ^g   Mungas, Dan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive change; Individual differences; Minority and diverse populations; Recreational activity

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECREATION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPANIARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LITERACY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84925679541     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000098     Document Type: Article

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