Measures and markers of biological aging: 'a great clamoring ... of fleeting significance'. An answer to W. Dean and R.F. Morgan, this volume, pp. 191-210

Paul T. Costa; Robert R. McCrae

doi:10.1016/0167-4943(88)90003-9

Measures and markers of biological aging: 'a great clamoring ... of fleeting significance'. An answer to W. Dean and R.F. Morgan, this volume, pp. 191-210

Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae

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In response to Dean and Morgan (1988), we review our position on approaches to functional or biological aging. Researchers have attempted to assess an hypothesized underlying 'rate of aging' by combining information from the functioning of several different physical or psychological systems. None of these attempts has yet demonstrated success; because many different processes contribute to what we call 'aging', the concept of a single biological age is itself probably fundamentally flawed. We advocate more sophisticated interdisciplinary and longitudinal research as the best hope for understanding and ameliorating the effects of aging processes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	211-214
Number of pages	4
Journal	Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4943(88)90003-9
State	Published - Sep 1988
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biological aging
Functional age
Longitudinal research

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Aging
Gerontology
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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