Aging cognition unconfounded by prior test experience

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-58

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Longitudinal; Methodology; Retest effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84960405208     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu063     Document Type: Article

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