The phenomenon of age-related cognitive decline has long been controversial, both in
terms of mere existence, and with respect to how it is explained. Some researchers have …

" Provides a unique perspective. I am particularly impressed with the sections on innovative
design and methods to investigate cognitive aging and the integrative perspectives. None of …

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 …

Consider the characteristics of a prototypical study in the area of cognitive aging: 20 young
adults recruited from a pool of college students are contrasted with 20 older adults with a …

Objectives: The objectives of this Introduction to the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological
Sciences special issue on “50 Years of Cognitive Aging Theory” are to provide a brief …

Abstract focuses on basics [of applied cognitive aging research] by (a) examining the
implications of present theoretical frameworks for the development of this research,(b) …

With an ever increasing population of aging people in the western world, it is more crucial
than ever that we try to understand how and why cognitive competence breaks down with …

Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number
of new theoretical notions, and many new research issues have been generated in the past …

What happens to the cognitive system as we get older? There are some common age-
related stereotypes which suggest that older adults are slower at performing many tasks and …

In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different
disciplines. It is probably, therefore, inevitable that some of the research has become very …