title: Contributions to the history of psychology: CVIII. On aging and intelligence: history teaches a different lesson.
abstract: Early researchers investigating aging have often been accused of forming the foundation for the belief that intelligence peaks in early adulthood and declines steadily thereafter, a concept sometimes known as the classic aging curve. Documentation in this article indicates that at least several early researchers on the subject were actually making very different arguments and that they were well aware of the limitations of their data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education, College of Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30303-3083, USA.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards