Aging and Cognitive Processes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Neuroanatomical and Clinical Neuropsychological Changes in Aging and Senile Dementia

   • Ted L. Petit

   Pages 1-21

3. Cellular Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease

   • D. R. Crapper McLachlan

   Pages 23-27

4. Advances in the Psychophysiology of Aging

   • Diana S. Woodruff

   Pages 29-53

5. A Neuropsychological Approach to Perception and Memory in Normal and Pathological Aging

   • Morris Moscovitch

   Pages 55-78

6. How Do Old People Know What to Do Next?

   • Patrick M. A. Rabbitt

   Pages 79-98

7. The Development of Visual Information Processes in Adulthood and Old Age

   • David A. Walsh

   Pages 99-125

8. The Appearance and Disappearance of Age Differences in Adult Memory

   • Marion Perlmutter, David B. Mitchell

   Pages 127-144

9. General Encoding of Episodic Events by Elderly Adults

   • Jan C. Rabinowitz, Brian P. Ackerman

   Pages 145-154

10. Learning and Memory Deficits in Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized Old People

    • Gordon Winocur

    Pages 155-181

11. Encoding Deficits in Aging

    • Nancy C. Waugh, Robin A. Barr

    Pages 183-190

12. Aging and Cognitive Deficits

    • Fergus I. M. Craik, Mark Byrd

    Pages 191-211

13. Classification Style Differences in the Elderly

    • Mary W. Laurence, A. John Arrowood

    Pages 213-220

14. Changes with Age in Problem Solving

    • David Arenberg

    Pages 221-235

15. The Theory of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence in Relation to Concepts of Cognitive Psychology and Aging in Adulthood

    • John L. Horn

    Pages 237-278

16. Reallocation of Mental Resources over the Productive Lifespan

    • Roy Lachman, Janet L. Lachman, Don W. Taylor

    Pages 279-308

17. Attention Switching in Higher Mental Process

    • David Schonfield

    Pages 309-316

18. Studying Cognitive Performance in the Elderly

    • Jerry Avorn

    Pages 317-329

19. Memory Functioning in Late Adulthood

    • Irene M. Hulicka

    Pages 331-351

20. Plasticity and Enhancement of Intellectual Functioning in Old Age

    • Paul B. Baltes, Sherry L. Willis

    Pages 353-389

For a variety of reasons, there has been an explosion of interest in research on aging over the past few years. The reasons include an awareness that a large and growing proportion of our popUlation is over 65 and that research findings can contribute to their health, satisfaction, and efficiency as members of society; the fact that funding agencies have endorsed the need for more research effort in the area by setting up special programs; and also the fact that researchers themselves are turning more to practical problems as many theoretical issues (in experimen­ tal psychology at least) seem to remain as intractable as ever. Thus, at present there is widespread interest in aging, but there is also a lack of knowledge as to what has already been accomplished in the area, what the theoretical issues are, and what factors contribute to the methodological and practical difficulties. The time is propitious for meetings of experts in various aspects of the aging process, both to discuss among themselves latest advances in the field and also to inte­ grate known information for researchers and practitioners. In the summer of 1980 we organized such a meeting as the 10th annual psychology symposium to be held at the Erindale Campus of the University of Toronto. The topic chosen was Aging and Cognitive Processes, and the edited contributions to the symposium form the chapters of the present book.

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• dementia
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• epidemiology
• funding
• information
• intelligence
• intervention
• knowledge
• memory
• psychology
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• University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada

  F. I. M. Craik, Sandra Trehub

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