The terminal drop hypothesis: Fact or artifact?
- 27 September 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Experimental Aging Research
- Vol. 1 (1), 169-185
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03610737508257957
Abstract
Findings from eight longitudinal investigations were reviewed in order to evaluate the terminal drop hypothesis. The concept of terminal drop was seen to be more useful when partitioned into its component parts: the relationship between the level of cognitive performance with survival and with distance from death, and the relationship between changes in cognitive performance and death. Health status and age at death emerged as important intervening variables in understanding the terminal drop concept.Keywords
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