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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hofer, Scott M. M.
Otros Autores: Alwin, Duane Francis F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.