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Normal Changes in the Mental Abilities of Adults as Age Advances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

G. A. Foulds
G. A. Foulds*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Research, The Crichton Royal, Dumfries
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It is generally recognized that the capacity to grasp new ideas and learn new methods of work depends partly upon a person's intelligence and partly upon his age. It is also recognized that over-taxing a person's capacity to acquire new methods of work, or inadequate opportunities for a person to develop the capacity he possesses, are sources of dissatisfaction, mental strain, and sometimes physical complaints amongst normally healthy people. There is even reason to believe that amongst less healthy people they contribute towards disaffection and illness.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 94 , Issue 394 , January 1948 , pp. 133 - 142
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1948 

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