Gerontology Arena

Alzheimer Discourse

Some Sociolinguistic Dimensions

• By Vai Ramanathan

This book deals with the narrative discourse--specifically lifestories--of 16 patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD). It attempts to understand the discourse of these patients in...

Published May 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Biological and Neuropsychological Mechanisms

Life-span Developmental Psychology

• Edited by Hayne W. Reese, Michael D. Franzen

Consistent with preceding volumes in this series, the contributors represent a variety of disciplines related to the theme of the conference and the ensuing volume....

Published January 1st 1997 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Aging and Skilled Performance

Advances in Theory and Applications

• Edited by Wendy A. Rogers, Arthur D. Fisk, Neff Walker

The term "skill" encompasses an array of topics and issues. For example, individuals are skilled in a variety of domains such as chess, typing, air...

Published September 1st 1996 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Compensating for Psychological Deficits and Declines

Managing Losses and Promoting Gains

• Edited by Roger A. Dixon, Lars B„ckman, Lars Backman

The concept of compensation in psychology refers to processes through which a gap or mismatch between current accessible skills and environmental demands is reduced or...

Published October 1st 1995 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Assessment of Biological Mechanisms Across the Life Span

• Edited by Lisabeth F. DiLalla, Stephanie M. Clancy Dollinger, Stephanie M. Dollinger

Based on the First Biannual Lifespan Development Conference, this volume offers a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the study of lifespan development in the areas...

Published February 1st 1995 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Life-Span Development and Behavior

Volume 12

• Edited by David L. Featherman, Richard M. Lerner, Marion Perlmutter

The final volume in this significant series, this publication mirrors the broad scientific attention given to ideas and issues associated with the life-span perspective: constancy...

Published January 1st 1994 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Methodological Contributions

• Edited by Stanley H. Cohen, Hayne W. Reese

Dealing with the methodological and data analytic problems in developmental research, this book presents solutions advanced from the disciplinary perspectives of psychology, behavior analysis and...

Published January 1st 1994 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Mechanisms of Everyday Cognition

• Edited by James M. Puckett, Hayne W. Reese

Based on the proceedings of the twelfth biennial conference on life-span developmental psychology, most of the contributions in this volume deal with the mechanisms of...

Published September 1st 1993 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Caregiving Systems

Informal and Formal Helpers

• Edited by Steven H. Zarit, Leonard I. Pearlin, K. Warner Schaie

Caregiving has emerged as a critical issue in the second half of the life cycle. With the growth of the older population, there have been...

Published March 1st 1993 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Parental Development

• Edited by Jack Demick, Krisanne Bursik, Rosemarie DiBiase

This volume seeks to identify and define the parameters of a relatively new problem area -- parental development. Drawing on the grand developmental theories of...

Published March 1st 1993 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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