Open AccessTerminal Pathologies Affect Rates of Decline to Different Extents and Age Accelerates the Effects of Terminal Pathology on Cognitive Decline
Author(s) -
Patrick Rabbitt,
Mary Lunn,
Neil Pendleton,
G. Yardefagar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbr026
Subject(s) - cognitive decline , cognition , demographics , ageing , gerontology , demography , medicine , psychology , pathology , disease , psychiatry , dementia , sociology
To test whether different terminal pathologies are associated with different rates of age-related decline in fluid and crystallized mental abilities and whether pathology-associated declines are accelerated by age.
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