Cognitive abilities, including general intelligence and domain-specific abilities such as fluid
reasoning, comprehension knowledge, working memory capacity, and processing speed …

In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different
disciplines. It is probably, therefore, inevitable that some of the research has become very …

Research focused on understanding how and why cognitive trajectories differ across racial
and ethnic groups can be compromised by several possible methodological challenges …

We study the effect of secondary education on cognitive performance toward the end of
working age. We exploit the exogenous variation in years of schooling arising from …

Replication of research findings across independent longitudinal studies is essential for a
cumulative and innovative developmental science. Meta-analysis of longitudinal studies is …

Appropriate for use in developmental research methods or analysis of change courses, this
is the first methods handbook specifically designed to meet the needs of those studying …

Improvements in cognitive test scores upon repeated assessment due to practice effects
(PEs) are well documented, but there is no empirical evidence on whether alternative …

Recent large-scale longitudinal aging studies question earlier claims that higher education
protects against cognitive decline in older age. In the present study, the authors addressed …

The study of aging demands an integrative life-span developmental framework, involving
interdisciplinary collaborations and multiple methodological approaches for understanding …

Although longitudinal designs are the only way in which age changes can be directly
observed, a recurrent criticism involves to what extent retest effects may downwardly bias …