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Developmental influences on adult intelligence : the Seattle longitudinal study

In 'Developmental Influences on Adult Intelligence', Warner Schaie lays out the reasons why we should continue to study cognitive development in adulthood, and presents the history, latest data, and results from the Seattle Longitudinal Study (SLS), which now extends to over 45 years
eBook, English, 2005
Oxford University Press, New York, 2005
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1 online resource (x, 496 pages) : illustrations
9780198035602, 9781423756903, 0198035608, 1423756908
64590065
Introduction and preview
Methodological issues
The database
Cross-sectional studies
Longitudinal studies
Studies of cohort and period differences
Intervention studies
Methodological studies
The relationship between cognitive styles and intellectual functioning
Health and maintenance of intellectual functioning
Lifestyle variables that affect intellectual functioning
The sequential study of personality traits and attitudes
Influences of personality on cognition
Family studies of intellectual abilities in adulthood
Subjective perceptions of cognitive change
Influences of family environment of cognition
The role of longitudinal studies in the early detection of dementia
Revised edition of: Intellectual development in adulthood. Cambridge University Press, 1996