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Peer reviewedMergler, N.L.; Goldstein, M.D. – Human Development, 1983
Biological theories of adaptation are used to generate a model of human cognitive development in which physiological and cognitive change in aged persons can be understood as an adaptive stage of development. Related literature is reviewed that focuses on the elderly as information transmitters and on the psychology of "telling."…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development, Communication Skills
