The aging mind :opportunities in cognitive research
- 其他作者: Stern, Paul C., , Carstensen, Laura L., , National Research Council (U.S.).
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- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) :illustrations.
- 標題: Aging , DevelopmentalGeneral. , DevelopmentalLifespan Development. , Age factors. , Altern , Cognition Age factors. , Kognitive Kompetenz , PSYCHOLOGY Developmental -- General. , Cognitieve vaardigheden. , FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS , Electronic book. , Cognition Disorders , Life StagesGeneral. , Aptitude Effets de l'âge. , Cognition , Electronic books. , Cognition. , FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Life Stages -- General. , Research , Veroudering (biologie, psychologie) , Ability, Influence of age on. , Ouderen. , Effets de l'âge. , Alterung , PSYCHOLOGY , Humans , Brain , Aptitude , Aged , PSYCHOLOGY Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
- ISBN: 0309172195 , 9780309172196
- ISBN: 9780309069403 , 0309069408
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 摘要: Exciting new research has yielded potential breakthroughs in our understanding of how the mind ages. We have learned, for example, that as we age, cognitive decline may depend less on loss of brain cells age than on changes in the health of neurons and neural networks. Not only has research shown promise of new ways to promote cognitive functioning in older people, it has also revealed the link between biology and culture as determinants of cognitive functioning. Past life experiences, present living situations, changing motives, cultural expectations, physical health status, and sensory-motor capabilities are all factors in how we adapt to changes in our nervous system as we age - and may affect the brain itself." "These lines of research hold significant promise for breakthroughs in understanding and for yielding effective new ways to maintain cognitive functioning in older people by intervening technologically, medically, or in people's life situations."--Jacket
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Possible new breakthroughs in understanding the aging mind that can be used to benefit older people are now emerging from research. This volume identifies the key scientific advances and the opportunities they bring. For example, science has learned that among older adults who do not suffer from Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, cognitive decline may depend less on loss of brain cells than on changes in the health of neurons and neural networks. Research on the processes that maintain neural health shows promise of revealing new ways to promote cognitive functioning in older people. Research is also showing how cognitive functioning depends on the conjunction of biology and culture. The ways older people adapt to changes in their nervous systems, and perhaps the changes themselves, are shaped by past life experiences, present living situations, changing motives, cultural expectations, and emerging technology, as well as by their physical health status and sensory-motor capabilities. Improved understanding of how physical and contextual factors interact can help explain why some cognitive functions are impaired in aging while others are spared and why cognitive capability is impaired in some older adults and spared in others. On the basis of these exciting findings, the report makes specific recommends that the U.S. government support three major new initiatives as the next steps for research.
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