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Can fluid and general intelligence be differentiated in an older adult population?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2006

Nancy A. Zook  and
Deana B. Davalos
Nancy A. Zook*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY10577
Deana B. Davalos*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO80262
*
nancy.zook@purchase.edu
Deana.Davalos@UCHSC.edu
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Abstract

The question of whether fluid intelligence can be differentiated from general intelligence in older adults is addressed. Data indicate that the developmental pattern of performance on fluid tasks differs from the pattern of general intelligence. These results suggest that it is important to identify changes in fluid cognitive functions associated with frontal lobe decline, as they may be early indicators of cognitive decline.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 143 - 145
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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