Exploring the factor structure of neurocognitive measures in older individuals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Santos, Nadine Correia ^a,b   Costa, Patrício Soares ^a,b   Amorim, Liliana ^a,b   Moreira, Pedro Silva ^a,b   Cunha, Pedro ^a,b,c   Cotter, Jorge ^a,b,c   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c Centro Hospitalar do Alto Ave EPE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION; RECALL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; DISORDERS OF HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84928324918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124229     Document Type: Article

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