Age differences in fluid and crystallized intelligence
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Fluid and crystallized skills both develop rapidly early in life but follow distinct trajectories into middle and later adulthood; crystallized abilities remain generally robust and steady while fluid abilities decline with age.
“Both fluid and crystallized skills develop rapidly early in the life span but follow distinct trajectories into middle and later adulthood, with crystallized abilities remaining generally robust and steady while fluid abilities decline with age (Horn & Cattell 1967, McArdle et al. 2002).”
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- Authors
- Horn, J. L., & Cattell, R. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Denver (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Venue
- Acta Psychologica
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1967
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 107-129
- ISSN
- 0001-6918 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2081778785
- Cited by
- 1,331
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 31 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 66 · 2021: 70 · 2020: 70 · 2019: 68 · 2018: 50 · 2017: 51 · 2016: 95 · 2015: 69 · 2014: 53 · 2013: 54 · 2012: 42
- FWCI
- 5.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Psychologica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, aging, age differences, processing speed, fluency, intellectual functioning
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aptitude, Humans, Intelligence, Psychometrics
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