Fund of Information is More Strongly Associated with Neuropsychological Functioning Than Education in Older Spanish Adults

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 310-321

  Correia, Rut ^a   Nieto, Antonieta ^b   Ferreira, Daniel ^c   Sabucedo, María ^d   Barroso, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Centro Geriatros de Ribeira   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cross cultural minority; Elderly geriatrics aging; Norms normative studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPAIN; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPAIN; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84938354720     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acv011     Document Type: Article

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