Open AccessUnderstanding Ageing
Author(s) -
Scott M. Hofer,
Martin J. Sliwinski
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
gerontology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1423-0003
pISSN - 0304-324X
DOI - 10.1159/000052825
Subject(s) - ageing , cross sectional study , population ageing , psychology , association (psychology) , demography , gerontology , population , causal inference , cohort study , medicine , pathology , sociology , psychotherapist
Cross-sectional studies of samples varying widely in age have found moderate to high levels of shared age-related variance among measures of cognitive and physiological capabilities, leading researchers to posit common factors or common causal influences for diverse age-related phenomenon.