Results

The main results of the first cross-sectional phase of the study were published in a German-language monograph in 1996:

K. U. Mayer & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), Die Berliner Altersstudie, 1st edition 1996, 2nd edition 1999, Akademie Verlag, Berlin (out of print).

The longitudinal extension of BASE is presented in:

U. Lindenberger, J. Smith, K. U. Mayer & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), Die Berliner Altersstudie, 3rd extended edition 2010, Akademie Verlag, Berlin

Table of Contents (in German)

A modified version of this book was published in English in 1999 (paperback edition: 2001).

Paul B. Baltes & Karl Ulrich Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100, 1999, 2001, Cambridge University Press, New York.

Further information

Both monographs are available via bookshops.

Test Your Knowledge About Old Age and Aging!

The answers provide an impression of the range of BASE findings on the first cross-sectional assessment (comparing participants of different ages). more

BASE Publications

Findings of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) are continually published in scientific journals and books. You can find the current BASE publication list here. more