Handbook of Cognitive Aging : Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
"Provides a unique perspective. I am particularly impressed with the sections on innovative design and methods to investigate cognitive aging and the integrative perspectives. None of the existing texts covers this material to the same level."--Donna J. La Voie, Saint Louis University &quo...
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Thousand Oaks :
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2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Opportunities and challenges for interdisciplinary research / Duane F. Alwin and Scott M. Hofer
- Integrative theoretical perspectives
- Theoretical approaches to the study of cognitive aging : an individual-differences perspective / Christopher Hertzog
- Integrative perspectives on cognitive aging: measurement and modeling with mixtures of psychological and biological variables / Keith F. Widaman
- Population processes and cognitive aging / Duane F. Alwin, Ryan J. McCammon, Linda A. Wray, and Willard L. Rodgers
- Consequences of the ergodic theorems for classical test theory, factor analysis, and the analysis of developmental processes / Peter C.M. Molenaar
- The missing person : some limitations in the contemporary study of cognitive aging / Dale Dannefer and Robin Shura Patterson
- Dimensions of cognitive aging
- Challenges in attention : measures, methods, and applications / Joan M. McDowd and Lesa Hoffman
- Everything we know about aging and response times : a meta-analytic integration / Paul Verhaeghen and John Cerella
- Age-related changes in memory / Susan R. Old and Moshe Naveh-Benjamin
- Prospective memory and aging : old issues and new questions / Mark M. McDaniel and Gilles O. Einstein
- Dimensions of cognitive aging : executive function and verbal fluency / Susan Kemper and Joan M. McDowd
- Executive function in cognitive, neuropsychological and clinical aging / Mary A. Luszcz and Anna P. Lane
- Everyday problem solving in context / Cynthia Berg
- Individual differences in verbal learning in old age / Daniel Zimprich, Mike Martin, and Philippe Rast
- Expertise and knowledge / Neil Charness and Ralf Krampe
- Biological indicators and health-related processes
- Integrating health into cognitive aging research and theory : quo vadis? / Avron Spiro III and Christopher B. Brady
- Cognitive change and compromised health in late life / Valgeir Thorvaldsson, Scott M. Hofer, Linda Hassing, and Boo Johansson
- Neurological factors in cognitive aging / Robert Wilson
- Imaging aging / Scott M. Hayes and Roberto Cabeza
- Cognitive aging and biomarkers : what do we know and where to from here? / Kaarin Anstey
- Assessing the relationship of cognitive aging and processes of dementia / Gwenith Fisher, Brenda l. Plassman, Steven G. Heeringa, and Kenneth M. Langa
- Historical processes and cultural differences
- Aging, culture, and cognition / Denise Park
- Historical processes and patterns of cognitive aging / K. Warner Schaie
- Minority populations and cognitive aging / Keith Whitfield and Adrienne Aiken
- Race, culture, education, and neuropsychological test performance / Jennifer Manly
- Social structure and cognitive aging / Duane F. Alwin
- Longitudinal measurement and analysis
- Integrative analysis of longitudinal studies on aging : collaborative research networks, meta-analysis, and optimizing future studies / Andrea M. Piccinin and Scott M. Hofer
- The multiple facets of change : implications for modeling relationships in cognitive aging research / Martin Sliwinski
- Considerations for sampling time in research on aging : examples from research on stress and cognition / Shevaun Neupert, Robert Stawski, and David Almeida
- Alternative methods for assessing cognition in large-scale surveys / Margie E. Lachman and Patricia Tun
- Unobtrusive measurement of cognition and physical activity / Misha Pavel and Holly Jimison
- Integrative perspectives on cognitive aging
- Animal models of cognitive aging / Gerald E. McClearn and David A. Blizard
- Gene and environmental influences on cognitive change / Chandra Reynolds
- Does participation in cognitive and physical lifestyle activities buffer age-related cognitive decline? / Brent Small
- The added value of an applied perspective in cognitive gerontology / Matthias Kliegel and Mareike Altgassen
- Social resources and cognitive function in older adults / Lisa L. Barnes, Kathleen A. Cagney, and Carlos F. Mendes de Leon
- Social context and cognition / Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Michelle Horhota, and Andrew Mienaltowski
- Dyadic cognition in old age : paradigms, findings, and directions / Mike Martin and Melanie Wight
- Lifespan influences on cognitive aging : evidence for antecedents and predictors from midlife / Sherry Willis
- Future directions for research on cognitive aging
- The future of cognitive aging research / Scott M. Hofer and Duane F. Alwin.