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Consequences of Age-Related Cognitive Declines

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Salthouse, Timothy·2012·Annual Review of Psychology

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Adult age differences in a variety of cognitive abilities are well documented, and many of those abilities have been found to be related to success in the workplace and in everyday life. However, increased age is seldom associated with lower levels of real-world functioning, and the reasons for this lab-life discrepancy are not well understood. This article briefly reviews research concerned with relations of age to cognition, relations of cognition to successful functioning outside the laboratory, and relations of age to measures of work performance and achievement. The final section discusses several possible explanations for why there are often little or no consequences of age-related cognitive declines in everyday functioning.

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Authors
Salthouse, T.
Affiliations
University of Virginia (US)
Corresponding author
Salthouse, Timothy
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Published
2012-01-10
Volume
63
Issue
1
Pages
201-226
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
OpenAlex
W2096337635
Cited by
818
References
174
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (R37AG024270)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Keywords
age-related cognitive decline, aging, cognitive ability, real-world functioning, employee performance, everyday life, older adults, cognitive aging
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Age Factors, Aging, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, Humans

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