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The Seattle Longitudinal Study: Relationship Between Personality and Cognition
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This article reviews the history, measures and principal findings of the Seattle Longitudinal Study. This study began in 1956 focusing upon age differences and age changes in cognitive abilities. Its sampling frame is a large HMO in the Pacific Northwest. The study has been expanded to investigate various influences on cognitive aging including, cognitive styles, personality traits, life styles, and family environment. Current interest is also in the early detection of risk for dementia. In addition, this article reports original analyses of the relation of personality dimensions to cognitive abilities (both concurrent and longitudinal). While personality remains relatively stable over the adult life span, modest proportions of variance are shared between various personality traits and the cognitive abilities.
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- Authors
- Schaie, K. W., Willis, S. L., & Caskie, G. I. L.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Venue
- Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2004-06-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 304-324
- ISSN
- 0928-9917 (ISSN-L)
- 1382-5585
- 1744-4128
- PMC
- PMC1474018
- OpenAlex
- W1968471297
- Cited by
- 257
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 9.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging (R01AG008055, R37AG008055)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Keywords
- Seattle Longitudinal Study, personality traits, cognitive ability, cognitive aging, age differences, personality stability, cognitive style, lifestyle, family environment
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