TY - BOOK ID - 94212726 TI - A theory of cognitive aging PY - 1985 SN - 9780080866826 0080866824 9780444878274 0444878270 1281788406 9786611788407 PB - Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., DB - UniCat KW - Cognition KW - Age Factors KW - Cognitive Function KW - Cognitions KW - Cognitive Functions KW - Function, Cognitive KW - Functions, Cognitive KW - Age Reporting KW - Age Factor KW - Factor, Age KW - Factors, Age KW - Age factors in cognition KW - Ability, Influence of age on KW - Age factors KW - Ability, Influence of age on. KW - Age factors. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:94212726 AB - 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. ER -