Lissy F Jarvik
Biographic Data
| ID | 2408537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lissy F Jarvik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lissy F |
| FAMILY NAME | Jarvik |
| SIGNATURE | JARVIK L F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Neurobehavioral Systems |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Varia
Intellectual Performance of Octogenarians as a Function of Education and Initial Ability
A 20-year follow-up of 54 octogenarians, tested originally at a mean age of 64 years, revealed that the initially more able (estimated by vocabulary score) declined less on tests in a cognitive battery than did the initially less able. When classification was based on level of education rather than initial ability, the better educated showed the lesser decline. It is postulated that continuedintellectual activity throughout the life span may prot…
Sex Differences in Cognitive Functioning
The purpose of this article is to examine the evidence for sex differences in cognitive functioning and to review and evaluate evidence for hormonal, genetic, neuro-anatomical, and cultural determinants of such differences. Inadequacies in the evidence for sex differences, such as underreporting of negative findings, failure to measure effect size, small sample sizes, etc., are noted. It is likely that sex hormones influence the organization and …
Upbeat
BACKGROUND: The Unified Psychogeriatric Biopsychosocial Evaluation and Treatment (UPBEAT) program provides individualized interdisciplinary mental health treatment and care coordination to elderly veterans whose comorbid depression, anxiety, or alcohol abuse may result in overuse of inpatient services and underuse of outpatient services. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether proactive screening of hospitalized patients can identify unrecognized comorb…
Aging Into the 21st Century
Thoughts on the psychobiology of aging
Human aggression and the extra Y chromosome
Intellectual changes and sex differences in octogenarians
Down's Syndrome (mongolism)
Down's Syndrome (mongolism)
Intellectual changes and sex differences in octogenarians
Human aggression and the extra Y chromosome
Thoughts on the psychobiology of aging
Aging Into the 21st Century
Upbeat
BACKGROUND: The Unified Psychogeriatric Biopsychosocial Evaluation and Treatment (UPBEAT) program provides individualized interdisciplinary mental health treatment and care coordination to elderly veterans whose comorbid depression, anxiety, or alcohol abuse may result in overuse of inpatient services and underuse of outpatient services. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether proactive screening of hospitalized patients can identify unrecognized comorb…
Varia
Intellectual Performance of Octogenarians as a Function of Education and Initial Ability
A 20-year follow-up of 54 octogenarians, tested originally at a mean age of 64 years, revealed that the initially more able (estimated by vocabulary score) declined less on tests in a cognitive battery than did the initially less able. When classification was based on level of education rather than initial ability, the better educated showed the lesser decline. It is postulated that continuedintellectual activity throughout the life span may prot…
Sex Differences in Cognitive Functioning
The purpose of this article is to examine the evidence for sex differences in cognitive functioning and to review and evaluate evidence for hormonal, genetic, neuro-anatomical, and cultural determinants of such differences. Inadequacies in the evidence for sex differences, such as underreporting of negative findings, failure to measure effect size, small sample sizes, etc., are noted. It is likely that sex hormones influence the organization and …
Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (2 works) · Aggression (1 work) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 work)