Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging
Terminal Change
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Bosworth, HB; King, HA
January 1, 2015
There has been increasing attention examining terminal decline; that is, clinical declines prior to mortality assessed by cognitive and psychosocial factors. This entry provides a review of recent select studies with a particular focus on the use of more sophisticated analyses and more informative databases that include additional measurements and account for additional confounding factors. For the typical person, markers of both age-sensitive fluid abilities (e.g., perceptual speed) and relatively age-insensitive crystallized abilities (e.g., word knowledge) exhibit late-life decline, with some evidence that fluid abilities show the steepest decline.
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Bosworth, H. B., & King, H. A. (2015). Terminal Change. In Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging (pp. 1–4). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118521373.wbeaa050
Bosworth, H. B., and H. A. King. “Terminal Change.” In Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging, 1–4, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118521373.wbeaa050.
Bosworth HB, King HA. Terminal Change. In: Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. 2015. p. 1–4.
Bosworth, H. B., and H. A. King. “Terminal Change.” Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging, 2015, pp. 1–4. Scopus, doi:10.1002/9781118521373.wbeaa050.
Bosworth HB, King HA. Terminal Change. Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. 2015. p. 1–4.