عنوان

New frontiers in cognitive aging /

0198525699

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New frontiers in cognitive aging /

[Book]

edited by Roger A. Dixon, Lars Backman and Lars-Goran Nilsson

New York :

Oxford University Press,

2004

viii, 362 p. :

ill. (some col.) ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Cognitive deficits in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: current knowledge and future directions -- Commentary: neuroscience frontiers of cognitive aging: approaches to cognitive neuroscience of aging -- Part 4: Frontiers of Biological and Health Effects in Cognitive Aging: Modeling longitudinal changes in old age: from covariance structures to dynamic systems -- Exploring the relationships between sensory, physiological, genetic and health measures in relation to the common cause hypothesis -- New frontiers in genetic influences on cognitive aging -- Hormonal effects on cognition in adults -- Health, disease, and cognitive functioning in old age -- Broadening the context of cognitive aging: a commentary -- Commentary: framing fearful (a)symmetries: three hard questions about cognitive aging --

Part 1. Frontiers in Cognitive Aging: Don't fence us in: probing the frontiers -- Part 2. New Theoretical Orientations in Cognitive Aging: Cognitive aging: new directions for old theories -- Does longitudinal evidence confirm theories of cognitive aging derived from cross-sectional data -- Intraindividual variability in performance as a theoretical window onto cognitive aging -- Commentary: measures, constructs, models, and inferences about aging -- Part 3. New Directions in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging: The aging brain: structural changes and their implications for cognitive aging -- Cognitive aging: a view from brain imaging --

Part 5. Final Frontiers? New Research Directions, Perspectives and Imperatives: Future directions in cognitive aging research: perspectives from the National Institute on Aging

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Aging-- Psychological aspects

Cognition-- Age factors

Cognition disorders in old age

Aging

Brain-- physiology

Cognition-- physiology

Bäckman, Lars

Dixon, Roger A.,1952-

Nilsson, Lars-Göran,1944-

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