Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Aging

Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Aging

 
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ISBN13:9781107084643
ISBN10:1107084644
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:298 pages
Size:235x156x19 mm
Weight:640 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 61 b/w illus. 16 colour illus.
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Short description:

Integrates a neuroscience approach to study aging. In addition to covering standard cognitive functions, it incorporates socioemotional abilities.

Long description:
Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Aging is an introduction to how aging affects the brain, intended for audiences with some knowledge of psychology, aging, or neuroscience. The book includes figures illustrating brain regions so that extensive familiarity with neuroanatomy is not a pre-requisite. The depth of coverage also makes this book appropriate for those with considerable knowledge about aging. This book adopts an integrative perspective, including topics such as memory, cognition, cognitive training, emotion, and social processes. Topics include consideration of individual differences and the impact of disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disease) on brain function with age. Although many declines occur with age, cognitive neuroscience research reveals plasticity and adaptation in the brain as a function of normal aging. This book is written with this perspective in mind, emphasizing the ways in which neuroscience methods have enriched and changed thinking about aging.

'This is, to my knowledge, the first student-focused distillation of the complex literature on cognitive and social neuroscience of aging. Unlike the typical multi-author book targeting professionals and graduate students, this textbook is truly focused on the needs of undergraduate students and the lay audience. In addition to clear and engaging descriptions of fundamental theories and data, the book provides basic summaries of relevant neuroscience and methodology topics, making it approachable by readers without a background on these domains. For this reason, this is also an ideal book for professional from related fields, who are curious about the exciting new discipline of cognitive and social neuroscience of aging.' Roberto Cabeza, Duke University, North Carolina
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to the cognitive neuroscience of aging; 2. Brain mechanisms of aging; 3. Cognition and aging; 4. Memory and aging; 5. Emotion and aging; 6. Social cognition and aging; 7. Alzheimer's disease and age
-related disorders; 8. Current and future directions.