Differing effects of education on cognitive decline in diverse elders with low versus high educational attainment

Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 649-657

  Zahodne, Laura B ^a   Stern, Yaakov ^a   Manly, Jennifer J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Income; Socioeconomic status; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; COGNITION; FOLLOW UP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84934293829     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000141     Document Type: Article

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