Generalized Slowing in Brinley Plots
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology
- Vol. 49 (2) , P65-P71
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/49.2.p65
Abstract
The logic of generalized slowing theories is explored. Existing theories are reviewed briefly and put in a common format. The format is readily generalized to define a class of one-dimensional aging theories, a tiny subset of all possible aging theories. A corresponding class of compatible data is demonstrated, in terms of allowable configurations of a Brinley plot. Nonconforming configurations have the force of disconfirming the entire class of aging theories. Information processing theories can be cast in a similar format. It is shown that, for a slowing theory to be indisputably general, it must be associated with a multidimensional information processing theoryKeywords
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