Theoretical Perspectives on Cognitive Aging

by Timothy A. Salthouse

Book Overview

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 dismissed it as an artifact of declining health or lower levels of education, and others have attributed it to general changes occurring in the external environment. Still other interpretations have been based on the "use it or lose it" principle -- known as the Disuse Hypothesis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805804242
• ISBN13: 9780805804249
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.4"