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| List of contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Basic mechanisms | |
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| The basic mechanisms accounting for age-related decline in cognitive function | |
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| Overview of findings from the cognitive aging literature | |
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| Mechanisms of cognitive aging | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Concepts and mechanisms of gains in cognitive aging | |
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| The idea of gains | |
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| Conceptualizing gains and losses | |
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| Complementary perspectives | |
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| Treatments of gains and losses issue | |
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| Conceptualizing gains in the context of losses | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Pressing issues in cognitive aging | |
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| Process | |
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| Product | |
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| Process times product | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Attention and memory | |
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| Attention and aging | |
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| Varieties of attention | |
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| A general theory of age-related attention differences | |
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| Summary of age-related differences in attention | |
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| Future directions in attention research | |
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| Practical applications | |
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| References | |
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| Age-related changes in human memory | |
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| Types of memory | |
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| Procedural memory | |
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| The perceptual representational system | |
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| Primary memory and working memory | |
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| Episodic memory | |
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| Semantic memory | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Cognitive neuropsychology of the aging brain | |
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| Brain structure and the effects of age | |
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| Right hemisphere aging | |
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| Aging and the neuropsychology of long-term memory | |
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| Frontal contributions to working memory, executive functions, and aging | |
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| Age-related changes in interhemispheric interactions | |
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| Closing remarks | |
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| References | |
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| Metamemory from a social-cognitive perspective | |
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| Theory and research on metamemory | |
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| Interfaces between metamemory and social cognition | |
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| Future directions | |
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| References | |
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| Autobiographical memory and aging | |
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| Memories from the recent past | |
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| Memories from early childhood | |
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| Memories from the remainder of the life span | |
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| Memories for public events and general knowledge | |
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| References | |
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| Aging, circadian arousal patterns, and cognition | |
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| Age differences in morningness-eveningness tendencies | |
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| Changes in cognitive performance across the day | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Language and speech | |
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| Speech perception and the comprehension of spoken language in adult aging | |
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| The perception of speech | |
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| Speech comprehension and working memory | |
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| Sensory and cognitive change in adult aging | |
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| Does slowing speech help? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Aging and message production and comprehension | |
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| Changes in message production by older adults | |
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| Changes in message comprehension by older adults | |
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| Changes in message production and comprehension due to Alzheimer's disease | |
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| Changes in message production to older adults | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Applications | |
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| Cognitive aging and every day life | |
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| Health | |
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| Driving | |
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| Work | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Cognition, aging, and self-reports | |
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| Respondents' tasks | |
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| Answering questions about behaviors | |
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| Answering attitude questions | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Judgment and decision making across the adult life span: A tutorial review of psychological research | |
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| Basic judgment and decision-making tasks | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Author index | |
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| Subject index | |