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Brain Function in Old Age

Evaluation of Changes and Disorders

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Friedrich Hoffmeister

    1. Institut für Pharmakologie der Bayer AG, Wuppertal 1, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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  2. Christian Müller

    1. Hôpital de Cery, Clinique Psychiatrique Universitaire de Lausanne, Prilly, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Bayer-Symposium (BAYER-SYMP, volume 7)

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Table of contents (32 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Foreword and Welcome

    1. Foreword and Welcome

      • F. Hoffmeister
      Pages 1-4

  3. Opening Remarks

    1. Opening Remarks

      • C. Müller
      Pages 5-8

  4. Characterization of Behavioral Changes and Disorders in Old Age

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Speed of Behavior as an Indicator of Age Changes and the Integrity of the Nervous System

      • J. E. Birren, A. M. Woods, M. V. Williams
      Pages 10-44

    3. Classification of Psychopathologie Syndromes in Old Age

      • S. Kanowski
      Pages 45-59

    4. Symptom Profiles in Hospital and Community Resident Elderly Persons with Dementia

      • K. Bergmann, S. Proctor, D. Prudham
      Pages 60-67

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 68-79
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  6. Quantitative Evaluation of Old Age Related Changes and Disorders. Vigilance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Some Experiments and a Model for Changes in Attentional Selectivity with Old Age

      • P. Rabbitt
      Pages 82-94

    3. Vigilance and Drive: Clinical and Psychophysiological Changes in Old Age

      • H. Heimann
      Pages 95-101

    4. Electroencephalographic Changes in Normal Aging and Dementia

      • W. D. Obrist
      Pages 102-111

    5. Changes in Visual Event-Related Potentials in Older Persons

      • E. Snyder, S. A. Hillyard
      Pages 112-125

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 126-131
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  8. Performance, Learning and Memory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Psychometric Assessment of Dysfunction in Learning and Memory

      • K. W. Schaie, E. Zelinski
      Pages 135-150

    3. Temperamental Predictors of Longitudinal Change in Performance on the Benton Revised Visual Retention Test Among Seventy Year Old Men: An Exploratory Study

      • E. A. Robertson-Tchabo, D. Arenberg, P. T. Costa Jr.
      Pages 151-159

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 160-161
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Experimental gerontopsychology attempts to test causal hypotheses about old age-related behavioral changes by the manipulation of age-differences. An experimental treatment is introduced with the purpose of equating different age-groups with respect to a potentially relevant function. If the treatment results in an assimilation of the behavior of the different age-groups (age­ by-treatment interaction), differences in this function are con­ sidered as causal for the normally observed behavioral differ­ ence. If it does not result in an assimilation of the behavior of the different age-groups (main effect of treatment), differ­ ences in this function are considered as irrelevant for the nor­ mally observed behavioral difference. The different interpretations of age-by-treatment interactions and main effects of treatment in this kind of research are reasonable only if the experimental treatment actually results in an equalization of the age-groups with respect to the func­ tion of interest. As is shown, such a functional equalization can neither be demonstrated nor assumed in many cases. In such cases, studies with either age-group can be used to investigate hypotheses about potential causes for old age-related behavioral changes, studies with young subjects having important advantages over studies with old subjects. A test of causal relationships by age-by-treatment interactions is possible in cases where the experimental treatment evidently results in an equalization of the age groups with respect to the function in question. Unfortunately, the field of application for this kind of approach is rather limited.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Pharmakologie der Bayer AG, Wuppertal 1, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Friedrich Hoffmeister

  • Hôpital de Cery, Clinique Psychiatrique Universitaire de Lausanne, Prilly, Switzerland

    Christian Müller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Brain Function in Old Age

  • Book Subtitle: Evaluation of Changes and Disorders

  • Editors: Friedrich Hoffmeister, Christian Müller

  • Series Title: Bayer-Symposium

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67304-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-67306-1Published: 15 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-67304-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-4672

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 533

  • Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Neurology

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