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| Contributors | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Editors | |
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| Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging | |
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| Theoretical Issues in the Psychology of Aging | |
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| A Taxonomy of Major Questions | |
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| Criteria for Evaluating Explanations | |
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| Evaluating Criteria | |
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| Theoretical Progress | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging | |
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| Research Design and Inferential Scope | |
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| Understanding Heterogeneity in Age-Related Processes | |
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| Methodological Issues in the Study of Aging-Related Change | |
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| Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Biological and Social Influences on Aging and Behavior | |
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| Behavior Genetics and Aging | |
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| Theoretical Aspects of Genetics and Aging | |
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| Research Approaches and Issues | |
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| Research Findings | |
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| New Tools and New Perspectives | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Contributions of Cognitive Neuroscience to the Understanding of Behavior and Aging | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Approaches to the Study of Cognitive Neuroscience | |
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| Patterns of Age-Related Differences in Brain Structure and Function | |
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| Application of Cognitive Neuroscience to the Study of Attention and Memory | |
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| Summary and Future Directions | |
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| References | |
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| Health, Behavior, and Optimal Aging: A Life Span Developmental Perspective | |
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| A Life Span Developmental Perspective: Toward Optimal Aging | |
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| Changing Health and Behavior of Older Adults | |
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| Psychosocial Factors Affecting the Rate of Aging | |
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| What Is Optimal Aging? | |
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| References | |
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| Environmental Gerontology: Progress in the Post-Lawton Era | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Status of Theory | |
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| The Method Toolkit: Progress In Measurement | |
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| Reflective Application: The Case For the Action Research Paradigm | |
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| Conclusion and Future Directions | |
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| References | |
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| Behavioral Processes and Aging | |
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| Vision and Aging | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structural Changes in the Visual System | |
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| Visual Impairment and Age-related Pathology | |
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| Age-related Changes in Visual Function | |
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| References | |
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| Aging, Complexity, and Motor Performance | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Aging and Movement Complexity | |
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| Complexity in Posture, Locomotion, and Manipulation | |
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| Aging and Loss of Adaptation in Motor Performance | |
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| Concluding Comments | |
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| References | |
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| Changing Role of the Speed of Processing Construct in the Cognitive Psychology of Human Aging | |
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| Earlier Reviews | |
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| Current Research | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Memory Aging | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Varieties of Memory Aging | |
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| Explanations of the Aging of Memory | |
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| Memory Interventions | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Applied Learning and Aging: A Closer Look at Reading | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Summary of Past Reviews of Aging and Learning and Memory from Text | |
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| Aging: Cognitive and Motivational Changes and How They May Impact Reading | |
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| Aging and Models of Reading Comprehension | |
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| References | |
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| Language Comprehension and Production in Normal Aging | |
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| Lexical Processing | |
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| Sentence Processing | |
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| Discourse Processes | |
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| A Concluding Word | |
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| References | |
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| Selection, Optimization, and Compensation as Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptive Resource Allocation: Review and Preview | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Resource-Allocation Processes in Life Span Development | |
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| Four Current Approaches to Adaptive Regulation of Life Span Development | |
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| The Utility of SOC as an Integrative Framework: Selective Review of Empirical Findings | |
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| Research on SOC: Future Directions | |
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| Summary and Outlook | |
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| References | |
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| Everyday Problem Solving and Decision Making | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Evaluation Age, Cognition, and Function Relatedness | |
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| Unanswered Questions and Future Directions | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Aging and the Intersection of Cognition, Motivation, and Emotion | |
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| Cognitive Aging | |
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| Socioemotional Aging | |
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| Socioemotional Selectivity Theory | |
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| Emotion-Cognition Interactions with Age | |
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| Memory for Emotion in General | |
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| Positivity Effects in Memory | |
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| Positivity Effects in Initial Attention | |
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| Mechanisms Underlying the Positivity Effect | |
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| Future Directions | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Personality and Aging | |
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| Personality Organization: The Broadening of Conceptual Models | |
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| Personality Development: Individual Differences in Change | |
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| What Gives Rise to Individual Differences in Intraindividual Personality Change? | |
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| Personality and Mortality among Older Adults | |
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| Future Directions in the Study of Personality and Aging | |
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| References | |
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| Attitudes toward Aging and Their Effects on Behavior | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Other's Attitudes about Aging | |
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| Self-Related Attitudes | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Improving the Mental Health of Older Adults | |
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| Current Research on Psychotherapy with Older Adults | |
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| Ethnic Diversity and Interventions for Older Adults | |
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| Policy Dimensions of Mental Health Services for Older Adults | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Adaptive Technology | |
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| Eating | |
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| Hygiene | |
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| Health | |
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| Communications | |
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| The Internet and World Wide Web | |
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| Mobility | |
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| Driving | |
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| The Future | |
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| References | |
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| Complex Behavioral Concepts and Processes in Aging | |
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| Wisdom and Aging | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Philosophical Roots of Psychological Conceptualizations of Wisdom | |
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| The Concept of Wisdom: Theories | |
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| Empirical Research | |
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| Final Remarks | |
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| References | |
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| Autobiographical Memory and the Narrative Self over the Life Span | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Autobiographical Memory | |
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| The Narrative Self | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Religion and Health in Late Life | |
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| Church Attendance | |
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| Prayer | |
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| Religious Coping Responses | |
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| Forgiveness | |
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| Church-Based Social Support | |
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| Religious Meaning in Life | |
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| Issues in Assessing Life Course Changes in Religion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject index | |