The Aging Brain

Functional Adaptation Across Adulthood
Herausgeber: Samanez-Larkin, Gregory R

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Finalist in the 2020 PROSE Awards This multidisciplinary volume examines the neural mechanisms underlying changes in the aging brain, changes in learning and memory, risk and protective factors, and the assessment and prevention of cognitive decline.   

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 183mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781433830532
• ISBN-10: 1433830531
• Artikelnr.: 54804371

Autorenporträt

Edited by Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
 Preface
Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin
 Introduction
Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin
 Chapter 1: Structure and Function of the Aging Brain
R. Nathan Spreng and Gary R. Turner
 Chapter 2: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Age-Related Changes in Attentional
Selectivity
Briana L. Kennedy and Mara Mather
 Chapter 3: Learning and Memory in the Aging Brain: The Function of
Declarative and Nondeclarative Memory Over the Lifespan
Nichole R. Lighthall, Lindsay B. Conner, and Kelly S. Giovanello
 Chapter 4: Age-Related Changes in Episodic Memory
Audrey Duarte and Elizabeth Kensinger
 Chapter 5: Motivated Memory, Learning, and Decision-Making in Older Age:
Shifts in Priorities and Goals
Mary B. Hargis, Alexander L. M. Siegel, and Alan D. Castel
 Chapter 6: Social Function and Motivation in the Aging Brain
Angela Gutchess and Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin
 Chapter 7: Compensation and Brain Aging: A Review and Analysis of Evidence
Laura B. Zahodne and Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz
 Chapter 8: Risk and Protective Factors in Cognitive Aging: Advances in
Assessment, Prevention, and Promotion of Alternative Pathways
Roger A. Dixon and Margie E. Lachman
 Index
 About the Editor