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Real and Perceived Effects of Ageing on Cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Colleen Doyle ,
Mary Luszcz  and
Peter Rendell
Colleen Doyle*
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Mary Luszcz
Affiliation:
Finders University of South Australia
Peter Rendell
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University
*
Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Department of Community Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052
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Abstract

A symposium on ageing research was held at the 7th Australian Developmental Conference in July 1992. The theme of the symposium was the effect of ageing on cognition. Empirical and theoretical papers presented evidence for cognitive decline in late adulthood. However, discussion of the modifiability of cognition tempered the pessimistic view of cognitive ability in old age. Interdisciplinary studies such as the Berlin Aging Study provide hope for the discovery of factors affecting successful ageing by examining the interaction between health, personality, social factors, and cognition.

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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , November 1992 , pp. 18 - 23
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1992

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