The aging mind opportunities in cognitive research (National Academy Press, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Understanding the Aging Mind -- - Identifying Research Opportunities -- - Neural Health -- - Recent Scientific Developments -- - Research Initiative on Neural Health -- - Implementation Issues -- - Cognition in Context -- - Recent Scientific Developments -- - Research Initiative on Cognition in Context -- - Structure of the Aging Mind -- - Recent Scientific Advances -- - Research Initiative on the Structure of the Aging Mind -- - Implementation -- - Organization of Research Support -- - Promoting Interdisciplinary Research -- - Research Infrastructure -- - Collaboration Across Institutes -- - Age-Related Shifts in Neural Circuit Characteristics and Their Impact on Age-Related Cognitive Impairments - John H. Morrison -- - Homeostatic Processes in Brain Aging: The Role of Apoptosis, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress in Regulating Healthy Neural Circuitry in the Aging Brain - Carl W. Cotman -- - The Bearable Lightness of Aging: Judgment and Decision Processes in Older Adults - Ellen Peters, Melissa L. Finucane, Donald G. MacGregor, Paul Slovic -- - Cognitive Aging and Adaptive Technologies - Donald L. Fisher -- - Health Effects on Cognitive Aging - Shari R. Waldstein -- - Cultural Variations in Cognition: Implications for Aging Research - Shinobu Kitayama -- - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain in Nonhuman Primates: A Prospectus for Research on Aging - Thomas D. Albright