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Temporal Orientation in the Pre-Senium and Old Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Janet Brotchie ,
James Brennan  and
Maria A. Wyke
Janet Brotchie*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF
James Brennan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex
Maria A. Wyke
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Temporal orientation in 235 normal elderly subjects was examined and compared with previous results from a young adult population. Orientation for time in the elderly remains reasonably intact; the major exception to this was inaccurate recall of the date, which was most pronounced among women in the older group studied (71 +).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 6 , December 1985 , pp. 692 - 695
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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