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A theory of cognitive aging /

Over a half-century of research has documented the fact that people of different ages perform at different levels on a variety of tests of cognitive functioning, and yet there are still no comprehensive theories to account for these phenomena. A Theory of Cognitive Aging is intended to begin intelle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salthouse, Timothy A.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1985.
Series:Advances in psychology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 28.
Subjects:
Cognition > Age factors.
Age factors in disease.
Cognition.
Age Factors
Cognition
Cognition > Facteurs liés à l'âge.
Maladies > Facteurs liés à l'âge.
cognition.
SELF-HELP > Aging.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Adulthood & Aging.
Age factors in disease
Cognition > Age factors
Altern
Erwachsener
Kognition
Kognitiver Prozess
Handlungstheorie
Kognitive Psychologie
Cognitieve ontwikkeling.
Theorieën.
Leeftijd.
Man > Cognition > Effects of ageing
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Over a half-century of research has documented the fact that people of different ages perform at different levels on a variety of tests of cognitive functioning, and yet there are still no comprehensive theories to account for these phenomena. A Theory of Cognitive Aging is intended to begin intellectual discussion in this area by identifying major issues of controversy, and proposing a particular theoretical interpretation based on the notion that the rate of processing information slows down with increased age. Although still quite preliminary, the theoretical perspective is demonstrated to provide a plausible account for age-related differences in functioning on measures of memory, spatial ability and reasoning. The book has four aims: - To advocate a more explicitly theoretical approach to research in the area of cognitive aging. - To outline three important dimensions along which it is argued that any theory of cognitive aging phenomena must take a position. - To evaluate empirical evidence relevant to specific positions along those dimensions. - To summarize the major concepts of the current theory, and to describe its application to selected findings in the research literature.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 456 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-433) and indexes.
ISBN:9780080866826
0080866824
ISSN:0166-4115 ;