Profiles in Cognitive Aging

by Douglas H. Powell

After the age of 40, we may notice occasional lapses--a forgotten phone number, a friend's name, or a word that was right on the tip of our tongue. By 60, we may find ourselves wondering who called this morning, why we came into the kitchen, where we parked the car. In an aging nation, where one citizen in seven will be 65 when the next century arrives, these little difficulties raise a larger question: What precisely happens to our thinking as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674713311
• ISBN13: 9780674713314
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating research! Well worth a look!

The research is excellent -- I like how Powell takes a reasonable (not "New Age") approach to aging. END