| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Geropsychology |
| Editors | N. A. Pachana |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
| Pages | 559-569pp |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789812870834 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Abstract
The common cause theory of cognitive aging hypothesizes that age-related declines in cognitive, sensory, and sensorimotor functioning can primarily be attributed to a domain-general neurobiological mechanism. It predicts an increasing association between cognition and sensory acuity with advancing age and was originally proposed as a broad third variable explanation to account for shared variance between age, cognitive, and noncognitive variables.