Gerontology Arena

Cognitive gerontology: Cognitive change in old age

A Special Issue of Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

• Edited by Patrick Rabbitt

The worldwide demographic explosion in numbers of older people makes the study of cognitive change in old age of obvious practical interest. It is also...

Published January 24th 2008 by Psychology Press.

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The Handbook of Aging and Cognition

3rd Edition

• Edited by Fergus I. M. Craik, Timothy A. Salthouse

Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number of new theoretical notions, and many new research issues...

Published October 9th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes

• Edited by Adrian Tomer, Grafton T. Eliason, Paul T.P. Wong

Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes provides: an in-depth examination of death attitudes, existentialism, and spirituality and their relationships; a review of the major...

Published July 31st 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Aging and Work in the 21st Century

• By Kenneth S. Shultz, Gary A. Adams

The aging of baby boomers, along with the predicted decrease of the available labor pool, will place increased scrutiny and emphasis on issues relating to...

Published February 22nd 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Statistical and Process Models for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging

• Edited by Michael J. Wenger, Christof Schuster

Statistical and Process Models for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging addresses methodological techniques for researching cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, the biophysics and structure of the nervous...

Published January 30th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Mild Cognitive Impairment

International Perspectives

• Edited by Holly A. Tuokko, David F. Hultsch

Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) has been identified as an important clinical transition between normal aging and the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since treatments...

Published September 14th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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The Baby Boomers Grow Up

Contemporary Perspectives on Midlife

• Edited by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Sherry L. Willis

The goal of this volume is to examine development in middle age from the perspective of baby boomers -- a unique cohort in the United...

Published July 14th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior

• By John F. Dovidio, Jane Allyn Piliavin, David A. Schroeder, Louis A. Penner

Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century. Building...

Published April 25th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Approaches to Discourse in Dementia

• By Jacqueline A. Guendouzi, Nicole Muller

The qualitative analysis of naturally occurring discourse in neurogenic communication disorders, specifically in dementia studies, has experienced recent burgeoning interest from wide-ranging disciplines. This multidisciplinarity...

Published November 16th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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When the Bubble Bursts

Clinical Perspectives on Midlife Issues

• By Eda Goldstein

There are common midlife events that account for the special narcissistic vulnerabilities of this period of life, and Eda Goldstein ably reviews these events and...

Published September 7th 2005 by Routledge.

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