Handbook of the psychology of aging.
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Academic Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | Ninth edition / |
| Series: | The handbooks of aging
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Handbook of the Psychology of Aging
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Foreword
- Preface
- I. Concepts, theories, methods
- 1 History of adult cognitive aging research
- Introduction
- Adult stages of intellectual development
- A stage model of adult cognitive development
- Assessment of intellectual functions
- A test of intelligence
- The nature of intelligence
- Intelligence as multiple abilities
- Relevance of test instruments to stages of intellectual development
- Practical or everyday intelligence
- Intelligence and age
- Crystallized and fluid intelligence
- Early cross-sectional studies
- Longitudinal studies
- Cohort differences
- Magnitude of change
- Frequency of decline
- Personality and lifestyles
- Summary
- References
- Further reading
- 2 Measurement and models for multi-timescale psychological processes in aging research
- Introduction
- Matching the research design to the question
- Modeling review
- Cross-sectional models
- Autoregressive and crosslag models
- Latent growth curves and multilevel models
- The changing data landscape
- Multi-timescale processes and research designs
- Measuring and modeling multiscale processes from intensive time series
- Dynamical systems and attractors
- Dynamical systems models in aging
- Challenges
- Planning for the long term
- Privacy, linking, and data sharing
- Incompleteness and attrition
- Reliability versus sensitivity
- Measurement invariance over time
- Emerging opportunities
- Intrinsic capacity and functional ability
- Conclusion
- References
- II. Bio-psychosocial factors in aging
- 3 Functional connectivity in aging
- General introduction and outline of chapter
- Functional connectivity
- The default mode network
- Functional connectivity in aging.
- Within-network connectivity
- Between-network connectivity
- Whole-brain connectivity
- Dynamics
- Cognition and functional connectivity
- Functional connectivity in neurodegenerative disorders
- Functional connectivity as a biomarker
- Functional connectivity as a general biomarker for brain health
- Connectivity as an early marker for neurodegenerative disorders
- Methodological considerations relevant to aging research
- Summary and future directions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 4 Memory: behavior and neural basis
- What is memory, and what is aging?
- Brain aging and memory: a complex and dynamic relationship
- Control and association: major influences on age differences in memory
- The controlled processing paradox: important and impaired
- Associational memory may be especially impaired in aging
- Default network dysregulation
- Modifying factors: qualitative and quantitative effects
- Interventions: hope for improvement?
- Summary and conclusions
- References
- 5 Executive functions and neurocognitive aging
- Overview
- Measuring executive functions
- Executive deficit theories of cognitive aging
- Inhibitory deficit theory (Hasher & amp
- Zacks)
- Goal maintenance deficit (Braver & amp
- West)
- Production deficit hypothesis
- Frontal lobe hypothesis of cognitive aging
- A current perspective on executive deficit theories of cognitive aging
- Do executive functions show the earliest and disproportionate decline?
- Cross-sectional evidence for disproportionate executive functions decline?
- Longitudinal evidence for earlier executive functions decline?
- Do brain regions linked to executive functions show the earliest and disproportionate decline?
- Aging and the neural substrates of executive functions
- Relative degree and onset of prefrontal cortex decline.
- Executive functions and prefrontal cortex processes as compensatory and protective
- Executive functions, the frontal lobes, and lifelong aging
- References
- 6 Pain in older adults
- Overview of pain
- Definitions of pain
- Theories of pain
- Pain and aging
- Pain in older adults
- Epidemiology of pain in older adults
- Cross-national estimates of chronic pain
- Age differences in pain
- Factors that contribute to pain in older adults
- Mood
- Cognitive impairment
- Consequences of pain in older adults
- Pain management in older adults
- Pain assessment
- Self-reported pain
- Experimental pain measures
- Observational measures
- Pain management
- Pharmacological pain treatment
- Nonopioids
- Adjuvant drugs
- Opioids
- Cannabis
- Nonpharmacological pain treatment
- Summary
- References
- Further reading
- 7 Sleep, neurocognition, and aging, including secular trends in older adult sleep
- Introduction
- Sleep through the life span
- Reductions in slow wave activity
- Sleep spindle changes
- Alterations of sleep parameters
- Circadian rhythm changes
- Etiologies of sleep changes over the life span
- Etiologies of sleep disturbances in older adults
- Primary sleep disorders
- Insomnia
- Hypersomnolence
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Medications, substances, sleep, and cognition
- Neurocognitive disorders and sleep
- Alzheimer's disease
- Alpha synucleinopathies
- Benefits and challenges of treating sleep problems in older adults
- Conclusions
- References
- 8 The final challenge of aging: Death and dying
- Terror management theory
- Implications of terror management theory for older adults approaching death
- Making mortality salient for older adults
- Aging and death-related anxiety
- The medical and lifestyle pragmatics of the dying process for older adults.
- Denial and avoidance in communicating life-limiting diagnoses
- The role of death anxiety in physician decisions
- Preparation for end-of-life
- The hospice and palliative care movement
- Death with Dignity
- Summary and future directions
- References
- III. Behavioral processes
- 9 Smartphones, robots, and social media: aging with communication technologies
- Introduction
- Aging with communication technology
- Smartphones
- Social media
- Video gaming
- Virtual reality
- Smart home technology
- Robots
- Concluding remarks
- References
- 10 Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: past, present, and future
- Introduction
- A conceptual framework for subjective aging research
- Subjective age: strengths and limitations
- Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: the past
- Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: the present
- Self-perceptions of aging: conceptual and measurement considerations
- Awareness of age-related change: conceptual and measurement considerations
- Empirical findings on the role of self-perceptions and awareness of aging
- Self-perceptions of aging as predictors
- Self-perceptions of aging as mediators or moderators
- Self-perceptions of aging as dependent variable
- Experimental studies
- Longitudinal observational studies
- Secular trends/cohort differences in self-perceptions and awareness of aging
- Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: the future
- Focus on pathways and mechanisms
- Elaborating developmental antecedents, correlates, and trajectories
- Examining the modifiability of self-perceptions of aging
- Changing the societal context of self-perceptions of aging
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 11 Gender diversity in later life
- Introduction
- Gender identity
- Terms
- Redefining the gender binary
- Gender identity throughout the life span.
- Research findings
- Gender affirmation
- Coming out
- Medical interventions
- Legal procedures
- Aging and gender identity
- Unique challenges faced by gender diverse elders
- Cisgenderism
- Elder abuse and discrimination based on gender
- Discrimination in the healthcare system
- Improving outcomes for gender diverse elders
- Focus on resilience
- Policies and steps to promote inclusivity in healthcare practice
- Nursing homes
- Affirmative care
- Conclusion
- References
- 12 Financial decision-making and capacity in older adults
- Introduction: what is financial capacity? Legal, clinical and ethical perspectives
- The financial capacity problem: cognitive aging and disorders of aging
- Clinical warning signs of diminished financial capacity
- Challenges in modeling financial capacity
- Clinical model of financial capacity
- Approaches to assessing financial capacity
- Assessing premorbid financial capacity
- Self and informant-based assessment
- Performance-based assessment
- Clinical interview assessment of financial capacity
- Empirical studies of financial capacity
- Financial capacity in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease
- Longitudinal change in financial capacity in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease
- Financial capacity in patients with mild cognitive impairment
- Neuropsychological predictors of financial capacity
- Neuroimaging studies of financial capacity
- Neuroimaging approaches to studying financial capacity
- Neuroimaging studies of financial capacity in a mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
- Neuroimaging studies of financial decision making in cognitively normal older adults
- Summary
- Noncognitive contributions to financial capacity in aging
- Psychological and psychiatric contributions to financial capacity.