The Precipitous Decline in Reasoning and Other Key Abilities with Age and Its Implications for Federal Judges

U. S. Supreme Court justices and other federal judges are, effectively, appointed for life, with no built-in check on their cognitive functioning as they approach old age. There is about a century of research on aging and intelligence that shows the vulnerability of processing speed, fluid reasoning...

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Published in:	Journal of Intelligence
Main Author:	Alan S. Kaufman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Subjects:	Wechsler scales WAIS-IV federal judges Supreme Court IQ intelligence
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/9/4/52

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