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Cognitive neuroscience of aging : linking cognitive and cerebral aging /

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This second edition of 'Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging' provides up-to-date coverage of the most fundamental topics in this discipline. It accessibly and comprehensively reviews the neural mechanisms of cognitive aging appropriate to both professionals and students in a variety of domains...

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Other Authors: Cabeza, Roberto (Editor), Nyberg, Lars, 1966- (Editor), Park, Denise C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Brain > Aging.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Brain.
Older people.
Brain
Cognitive Aging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Aged
Cerveau > Vieillissement.
Neurosciences cognitives.
Cerveau.
Vieillissement cognitif.
Personnes âgées.
brains.
elderly.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Older people
Brain > Aging
Cognitive neuroscience
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Color Plates; Introduction; I Methods and Issues; 1 MRI Measures of Aging: Methodological Issues; 2 Molecular Imaging of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease; 3 Age Differences in Structural Connectivity: Diffusion Tensor Imaging and White Matter Hyperintensities; 4 Age Differences in Functional Connectivity at Rest and During Cognitive Tasks; 5 Multi​modal Imaging of the Aging Brain; 6 Structural and Functional Imaging of Aging: Longitudinal Studies
  • 7 Interpreting Age-​Related Differences in Memory-​Related Neural ActivityII Cognitive Processes; 8 Selective Attention and Inhibitory Control in the Aging Brain; 9 Working Memory and Executive Functions In the Aging Brain; 10 Neural Correlates of Age-​Related Slowing; 11 The Aging Hippocampus: Linking Animal and Human Research; 12 Episodic Memory Encoding and Retrieval in the Aging Brain; 13 Emotion and Emotional Memory; III Health and Disease; 14 The Middle-​Aged Brain: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective; 15 The Modifying Role of Hypertension in Cognitive and Brain Aging
  • 16 Genetics and Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging17 Effects of Exercise on Cognition, Brain Structure, and Brain Function in Older Adults; 18 The Link of Intellectual Engagement to Cognitive and Brain Aging; 19 The Challenges of Disambiguating Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease from Cognitive Aging; 20 Late-​Life Depression: Translating Neurobiological Hypotheses into Novel Treatments; Index