Handbook of Aging and Cognition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805829660 ISBN 13: 9780805829662

Publisher: Psychology Press, 1999

Synopsis

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 have been generated in the past 10 years. This second edition reviews new findings and theories, enables the reader to assess where the field is today, and evaluates its points of growth.

The chapters are organized to run from a consideration of the neural correlates of age-related changes in cognition, through the "mainstream" topics of perception, attention, memory, and language, to more applied areas, and finally to reviews of cognitive changes in the contexts of emotion, motivation, and personality. This edition has a broader scope than the first, progressing from structural changes in the brain to a consideration of changes in the self concept and in social cognition.

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Review

The fact remains that this edited volume joins the first edition in being an indispensable reference work for anyone interested in the effects of human aging on cognition....The value of this Handbook both as a source of assigned readings for graduate students preparing for a career in cognitive aging and as a reference source for gerontological researchers is enhanced greatly by the material it contains on methodological issues in cognitive aging research.
—Contemporary Gerontology

The book is well-planned and consistently well-written by some of the most active and highly regarded researchers in the field, and promises to serve as a valuable reference source for many years to come.
—Human Development

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805829660
• ISBN 13: 9780805829662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 704
• Editor: Craik Fergus, Salthouse Timothy A.