Conscientiousness, dementia related pathology, and trajectories of cognitive aging

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-82

  Wilson, Robert S ^a   Boyle, Patricia A ^a   Yu, Lei ^a   Segawa, Eisuke ^b,c   Sytsma, Joel ^a   Bennett, David A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Lewy bodies; Terminal cognitive decline

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROSIS; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84925728538     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000013     Document Type: Article

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