ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book aims to explore a different view and considers the degree to which studies might represent older people. It discusses test subjects which tend to regard psychological tests as a competition and measure of self worth, with the result that subjects who perform badly tend to withdraw from test programmes. Placing subjects at desks in a 'classroom' format completes the picture. This scenario may be less off-putting to younger subjects, either because they are still in formal education or it is sufficiently fresh in their memories that the experience is not too much of a culture shock. A cursory glance at any journal of ageing research may reveal that the majority of studies of intellectual change use groups of volunteers. Typically, such people are recruited by means of advertisements using the appropriate local media.
