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From Observation to Theory

Models of Cognitive Aging. T.J. Perfect and E.A. Maylor (Eds.). 2000. New York: Oxford University Press. 310 pp., $19.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2002

Holly Tuokko
Holly Tuokko
Affiliation:
Associate Director, Centre on Aging, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Extract

In the latter half of the 18th century, Samuel Johnson noted that, “there is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellect. If a young or middle-aged man, when leaving a company, does not recollect where he laid is hat, it is nothing; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man, people will shrug their shoulders and say ‘His memory is going.

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BOOK REVIEW
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , May 2002 , pp. 602 - 603
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© 2002 The International Neuropsychological Society

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