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Late Adulthood and Cognitive Change
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In late adulthood, processing speed and fluid reasoning decline while vocabulary and accumulated knowledge are largely preserved.
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An older adult takes longer on a novel reasoning task and outperforms younger adults on vocabulary.
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Normal aging is not dementia. Substantial memory loss that disrupts daily function is not an expected part of aging.