Handbook of the Psychology of Aging.

Front Cover -- Handbook of the Psychology of Aging -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- I. Concepts, Theory, Methods -- 1 Theoretical Perspectives for the Psychology of Aging in a Lifespan Context -- Introduction -- The Role of Pathology in Normal Aging -- Assumption of Universal Decline -- Successful, Normal and Pathological Aging -- Lifespan Theories of Psychological Aging -- Erikson's Stage Model -- Schaie and Willis' Stage Theory of Cognition -- The Co-Constructive Perspective -- Summary and Outlook -- References -- 2 Methodological Considerations for the Study of Adult Development and Aging -- Introduction -- Research Designs and Sampling Considerations for the Study of Adult Development and Aging -- Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal Designs -- Age Differences Versus Change -- Relative Advantages Versus Disadvantages -- Which Design Is Best Suited for the Study of Aging? -- Summary -- Longitudinal Designs: Select Subtypes -- Intensive Measurement Burst Design -- Key Threats to the Validity of Longitudinal Designs -- Attrition -- Retest Effects -- Assessing the Impact of Repeated Practice on Trajectories of Age-Related Change -- Missingness: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions -- Classifications of Missingness -- Approaches for Dealing with Missing Data: A Brief Overview -- Planned Missingness -- Section Summary: Key Methodological Considerations for Incomplete Data -- Modeling Change in Studies of Aging -- Select Statistical Models for Change -- Multilevel and Latent Growth Curve Approaches for Continuous Outcomes -- Generalized Linear Mixed and Survival Models for Categorical Outcomes -- Correlated and Coupled Change -- Developmental Parameterizations of Time -- Is Chronological Age the Only Metric? -- Alternative Parameterizations of Time.

Emerging Methodological Trends for the Study of Aging -- Select Approaches to Integrated Data Analysis -- Meta-Analysis -- Mega-Analysis -- Data Harmonization -- Coordinated Analysis with Replication -- An Intraindividual Variability Approach -- Beyond the First Order Moment -- RT Inconsistency Across Response Latency Trials -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Society and the Individual at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- A Comment on Lifespan Psychology -- Health and Health Care -- Policies and Practices -- Education -- Policies and Practices -- Work and Retirement -- Policies and Practices -- Family Life -- Policies and Practices -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- II. Bio-psychosocial Factors in Aging -- 4 Sex Hormones and Cognitive Aging -- Introduction -- Effects of Estrogen and Testosterone in Young Adults -- Variation in Cognition across the Menstrual Cycle -- Menstrual Cycle Fluctuations in Neural Activity -- Variation in Affect across the Menstrual Cycle -- Effects of Menopause and Hormone Levels on Cognition in Older Women -- Estrogens and Menopausal HT in Women-Observational Studies -- Estrogens and Menopausal HT in Women-Effects of Surgical Menopause and Intervention in Younger and Older Women -- Estrogens and Menopausal HT in Women-Intervention Studies in Older Postmenopausal Women -- Results from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) and the Women's Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging ... -- Testosterone and Progesterone -- Estrogens and Menopausal HT in Older Women-Associations with Brain Structure and Function -- Testosterone and Cognitive Aging in Men -- Observational Studies of Circulating Levels of Testosterone and Cognitive Function -- Intervention Studies of Testosterone Supplementation -- Conclusions and Areas for Future Research -- References.

5 The Aging Mind in Transition: Amyloid Deposition and Progression toward Alzheimer's Disease -- Introduction -- Amyloid Imaging -- Models of Cognitive Transitions -- Scaffolding Theory of Aging and Cognition -- A Model of Preclinical AD -- What is the Relationship between Amyloid Deposition and Neurodegeneration? -- Neuronal Dysfunction -- Neuronal Loss -- Does Amyloid Deposition Invariably Lead to Cognitive Decline? -- Amyloid and Episodic Memory -- Impact of Amyloid on Other Cognitive Domains -- Amyloid, Neurodegeneration, and Cognitive Decline -- Modifiers of Transition to AD: Enrichment and Depletion Factors -- Depletion Factors -- Enrichment Factors -- Conclusion and New Directions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 6 Research on Human Plasticity in Adulthood: A Lifespan Agenda -- Plasticity and Stability in Lifespan Development -- The Supply-Demand Mismatch Model of Plasticity -- Proposition #1: Plasticity Decreases from Childhood to Old Age -- Proposition #2: Flexibility Increases from Childhood to Middle Adulthood, and Declines Thereafter -- Proposition #3: Relative to Childhood, Plasticity in Adulthood and Old Age is More Often Associated with Maintenance, and L ... -- Plasticity and Flexibility in Relation to Gf-Gc Theory -- Open Questions and Future Research Directions -- Investigating Age Differences in the Sequential Progression of Plasticity -- Scrutinizing "Ribot's Law" and the "Dark Side of Plasticity" -- Towards a Molecular Understanding of Plasticity Dynamics in Human Adults -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Cognitive and Physical Aging: Genetic Influences and Gene-Environment Interplay -- Introduction -- Cognitive Function -- General Cognitive Ability -- Specific Cognitive Abilities -- Environmental Influences -- Physical Function -- Physiological Functioning -- Behavioral Physical Functioning -- Cross-Domain Investigations.

Interrelationships Between Cognitive and Physical Aging -- Brain Structures -- Specific Genes Important to Cognitive and Physical Aging -- Cognitive Aging -- Physical Aging -- Gene Pathways Underlying Cognition-Physical Functioning Dynamics -- Genetic Influences on Environmental Sensitivity -- Biomarkers of GE Interplay -- Telomere Length -- Summary and Future Directions -- References -- 8 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 -- 9 Audition and Language Comprehension in Adult Aging: Stability in the Face of Change -- Introduction -- Challenges for Speech Comprehension -- Age-Related Hearing Loss -- Audition: Some Preliminaries -- Types of Hearing Loss -- Conductive Hearing Loss -- Sensorineural Hearing Loss -- Central Processing Deficits -- Variability in Age-Related Hearing Loss -- Speech in Noise: A Hallmark of Aging Hearing -- Separating Speech from Noise -- Informational Masking -- Compensation Through Linguistic Knowledge -- Effects of Age and Hearing Acuity on Word Recognition -- Effects of Contextual Facilitation -- Expectation and Entropy in Word Recognition -- Comprehension and Recall at the Sentence Level -- Compensatory Support from Speech Prosody -- Support from Other Sensory Cues -- Downstream Effects of Perceptual Effort -- Broader Issues of Age-Related Hearing Loss -- Conclusions -- References -- 10 Exercise, Cognition, and Health -- Introduction -- Definitions.

Epidemiological Studies -- Physical Activity and Fitness Associations with Cognition -- Randomized Trials of Aerobic Exercise on Cognition -- Resistance Training on Cognition -- Effects of Exercise on Impaired Populations -- Cross-Sectional Associations Between Physical Activity and Gray Matter Volume -- Randomized Trials of Exercise on Gray Matter Volume -- Associations Between Physical Activity, Fitness, and White Matter Integrity -- Aerobic Exercise Effects on Functional MRI Patterns -- Effects of Resistance Training on Cerebral Blood Flow and fMRI Patterns -- Mediators and Moderators -- Other Health Factors Related to Cognition -- Conclusion -- References -- III. Behavioral Processes -- 11 Personality and Health: Reviewing Recent Research and Setting a Directive for the Future -- Personality Traits: Definitions and Classifications -- Dispositions and Health: A Brief History of Models in the Field -- Personality Traits and Physiological Markers of Aging -- Inflammatory Markers and Personality Traits -- Cardiovascular Indicators and Personality Traits -- Personality and Health across Adulthood: Moderators, Moderated Mediators, and More -- Age as a Moderator of Personality Traits and Health -- Age as a Moderator of the Linkages Between Personality Traits and Health -- The Full Role of Age on the Linkages Between Personality and Health -- Healthy Living as a Catalyst for Personality Development -- Subjective Wellbeing and Adult Personality Change -- Healthy Behaviors as Predictors of Personality Change -- Major Illness as a Predictor of Personality Change -- Current and Future Directions -- References -- 12 Cognitive Training in Later Adulthood -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives and Assumptions on Training -- Magnification Perspective -- Compensatory Perspective -- Cognitive Training: Behavioral Interventions and Behavioral Outcomes.

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