DeepDyve eBooks - The aging brain: Functional adaptation across adulthood.

Introduction.

Pages: 3 –7

The primary goal of this volume is to present a more complete, nuanced, and modern view of brain aging by reviewing emerging behavioral and brain research from a broad range of areas across psychology and neuroscience. The collection of chapters provides a more balanced perspective on the current...

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Structure and function of the aging brain.

Spreng, R. Nathan; Turner, Gary R.

Pages: 9 –43

The brain stimulation techniques offer considerable promise as interventions or treatments to potentially alter the course of cognitive aging. This chapter sets the stage for the contributions that follow by providing a broad overview of the latest advances in their understanding of how the brain...

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Neural mechanisms underlying age-related changes in attentional selectivity.

Kennedy, Briana L.; Mather, Mara

Pages: 45 –72

Age and inhibition has been one of the most prominent and explored research areas in cognition and aging in the past 30 years, and the deficit in ignoring irrelevant information in older adults compared with younger adults has now been demonstrated across many contexts and paradigms. However,...

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Learning and memory in the aging brain: The function of declarative and nondeclarative memory over the lifespan.

Lighthall, Nichole R.; Conner, Lindsay B.; Giovanello, Kelly S.

Pages: 73 –109

This chapter focuses on age-related changes to long-term learning and memory systems defined as the acquisition and retention of information over long intervals of time. It draws on behavioral and neuroimaging studies of young adults and older adults to describe the functional-anatomic...

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Age-related changes in episodic memory.

Duarte, Audrey; Kensinger, Elizabeth

Pages: 111 –134

Memory changes are common in aging, even for older adults unaffected by dementia. Memory impairments are most notable within episodic memory, which is the ability to consciously encode and retrieve details and associations that allow us to distinguish one event from another. This chapter...

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Motivated memory, learning, and decision-making in older age: Shifts in priorities and goals.

Hargis, Mary B.; Siegel, Alexander L. M.; Castel, Alan D.

Pages: 135 –163

This chapter examines how and why motivation changes across the lifespan in the domains of learning, memory, and decision-making. It discusses how goals might change in light of perceived time horizons, particularly shifting toward social and emotional goals with age. It also explores the notion...

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Social function and motivation in the aging brain.

Gutchess, Angela; Samanez-Larkin, Gregory R.

Pages: 165 –184

This chapter reviews some themes from the emerging literature on the social neuroscience of aging. Much of the research thus far focuses on abilities at the intersection of social function and emotion, such as empathy or thinking about the self or other people. Intriguingly, findings from social...

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Compensation and brain aging: A review and analysis of evidence.

Zahodne, Laura B.; Reuter-Lorenz, Patricia A.

Pages: 185 –216

Compensation has long been recognized as a cornerstone of successful late-life development, figuring prominently in behavioral research and theory on cognitive aging. This chapter focuses on what is best referred to as neural compensation, in contrast to behavioral compensation. Over the past 20...

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Risk and protective factors in cognitive aging: Advances in assessment, prevention, and promotion of alternative pathways.

Dixon, Roger A.; Lachman, Margie E.

Pages: 217 –263

This chapter reviews the recent evidence on factors that contribute to aging-related cognitive declines, including both normal and pathological changes. The focus is on identifying nonmodifiable (e.g., genotype), modifiable (e.g., lifestyle, exercise), and potentially controllable (e.g., some...

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