Frequent assessments may obscure cognitive decline

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1063-1069

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age comparisons; Longitudinal; Neuropsychological change; Retest effects; Serial assessments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DECLINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SAMPLE SIZE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925858484     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000007     Document Type: Article

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