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Limits on Loss
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Edited By
John Cerella, VA Outpatient Clinic
William Hoyer, Syracuse University
John Rybash, Hamilton College
Michael Commons, Harvard Medical School
Description
This book aims to reverse the bias shown in research literature concerning the decline of information processing abilities with age. Twenty
chapters identify areas of limited or no decline in cognitive functioning with respect to rate of information processing, attentional
capacity, object perception, word perception, language comprehension, learning, memory, and problem-solving. These findings attest to
the imbalance of previous published research, presenting a fairer portrayal of the aged mind.
Audience
Students and researchers in cognitive sciences and psychology as well as in gerontology, neuropsychology, social psychology, experimental
psychology, counseling, education, psycholinguistics, and neurosciences.
Contents
Introduction:
A.T. Welford, The Gerontological Balance Sheet.
Neurophysiological Sparing:
D.S.
Woodruff-Pak, Neural Plasticity as a Substrate for Cognitive Adaptation in Adulthood and Aging. T.R. Bashore, Differential
Effects of Aging on the Neurocognitive Functions Subserving Speeded Mental Processing.R. Parasuraman and P.G. Nestor, Preserved
Cognitive Operations in Earl Alzheimers Disease.
Information Processing Rate:
J. Myersonand S. Hale, General
Slowing and Age-Invariance in Cognitive Processing: The Other Side of the Coin.S.H. Johnson and J.M. Rybash, A Cognitive Neuroscience
Perspective on Age-Related Slowing: Developmental Changes in the Functional Architecture.A. Baron and J. Cerella, Laboratory
Tests of the Disuse Account of Cognitive Decline.T.R. Bashore and P.H. Goddard, Preservative and Restorative Effects of Aerobic
Fitness on the Age-Related Slowing of Mental Processing Speed.
AttentionalCapacity:
B. Molander and L. Backman,
Performance of a Complex Motor Skill Across the Life-Span: General Trends and Qualifications.L.M. Giambra, Sustained Attention
in Older Adults: Performance and Processes.D.J. Madden and D.J. Plude, Selective Preservation of Selective Attention.
Perception
of Objects:
N.L. Bowles, Semantic Processes that Serve Picture Naming.D.L. Schacter, J.F. Kihlstrom, A.W. Kaszniak,
and M. Valdiserri, Preserved and Impaired Memory Functionsin Elderly Adults.J.C. Bartlett, Limits on Losses in Face Recognition.
Word Perception:
J.M. Duchek and D.A. Balota, Sparing Activation Processes in Older Adults.R. McGinchey-Berroth
and W. Milberg, Preserved Semantic Memory Structure in Alzheimers Disease.
Language Comprehension:
P.A. Tun
and A. Wingfield, Is Speech Special? Perception and Recall of Spoken Language in Complex Environments.L.L. Light, S.A. Owens,
P.G. Mahoney, and D. LaVoie, Comprehension of Metaphors by Young and Older Adults.S. Kemper and C. Anagnopoulos, Adult
Use of Discourse Constraints on Syntactic Processing.
Learning, Memory, and Problem Solving:
D.V. Howard and C.L.
Wiggs, Aging and Learning: Insights from Implicitand Explicit Tests.E.A. Maylor, Minimized Prospective Memory Loss in
Old Age.D.A. Walsh and D.A. Hershey, Mental Models and the Maintenance of Complex Problem-Solving Skills in Old Age.
Conclusion:
E. Hunt, What Do We Need to Know about Aging?
Subject Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 605 pages, publication date: AUG-1993
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-165180-0
ISBN-10: 0-12-165180-0
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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