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The mental infirmities of old age are commonly accorded a close second in inevitability after death and taxes. What has been taken virtually as a truism, that persons deteriorate psychologically as they become older, today seems less a simple truth. This discussion will be devoted to a modest polemic, the thesis that the cognitive capabilities the elderly retain should be understood as well as the capabilities they lose.
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Baer, P.E. (1972). Cognitive Changes in Aging: Competence and Incompetence. In: Gaitz, C.M. (eds) Aging and the Brain. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8503-5_2
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