Cognitive decline in normal aging and early Alzheimer’s disease: A continuous or discontinuous transition? A historical review and future research proposal

A longstanding debate in dementia research has been whether normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are extremes that lie along the same continuum (continuity view), or whether AD is categorically different from normal aging (discontinuity view). In other words, do only quantitative differences in...

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Main Author: Pauline E.J. Spaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Psychology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2016.1185226