Handbook of the psychology of aging /
"Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Eighth Edition, tackles the biological and environmental influences on behavior as well as the reciprocal interface between changes in the brain and behavior during the course of the adult life span. The psychology of aging is important to many features of...
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London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Ninth edition. |
| Series: | 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.