Major Issues in Cognitive Aging

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-537215-1
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different disciplines. It is probably, therefore, inevitable that some of the research has become very narrow, primarily focused on "counting and classifying the wrinkles of aged behavior," rather than addressing more broad, general, and important questions. Timothy Salthouse's main goal in this book is to try to identify some of the major phenomena in the field of cognitive aging, and discuss issues relevant to the investigation and interpretation of them. He does not attempt to provide a comprehensive survey of the research literature on aging and cognition because many excellent reviews are available in edited handbooks. His principal aim is rather to stimulate readers to think about the big questions in cognitive aging research, and how they might best be answered.

Zielgruppe

students and researchers in the fields of cognitive neuroscience and ageing

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salthouse

Salthouse, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Gerontopsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Relations between Age and Cognitive functioning

- 2: Within-Person and Across-Time Comparisions

- 3: Approaches to Investigating Cognitive Aging

- 4: Mediators and Moderators of Cognitive Aging

- 5: Normal and Pathological Cognitive Aging in Late Adulthood

- 6: Practical Consequences and Potential Interventions

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy Salthouse is the Brown-Forman Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia.