Today’s Older Adults Are Cognitively Fitter Than Older Adults Were 20 Years Ago, but When and How They Decline Is No Different Than in the Past

  • Study

Name

Today’s Older Adults Are Cognitively Fitter Than Older Adults Were 20 Years Ago, but When and How They Decline Is No Different Than in the Past

Types

Study

Authors

Nilam Ram
Ulman Lindenberger
Arno Villringer
Johanna Drewelies
Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen
Sandra Duezel
Peter Eibich
Paolo Ghisletta
Jan Goebel
Stefan Liebig
Ilja Demuth
Denis Gerstorf
Gert G. Wagner

Claims from

Although older adults are in better cognitive shape now than in the past, they still experience age-related cognitive decline at around the same age and rate.

Journal

Psychological Science

Topics

Cognitive Psychology
Aging
Developmental Psychology

Web URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221118541

Referenced by