Title: The neuropsychology of aging /
Authors: Woodruff-Pak, Diana S., 1946-
Publisher: Blackwell,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Neuropsychology; Brain; Aged; Aging; Brain Aging; Neuropsychology; Geriatric neurology.
Abstract: A comprehensive introduction to what is currently known about the impact of ageing on brain function. Increasingly, techniques of modern neuroscience are unlocking secrets of biological and behavioural ageing and its neurological substrates, and methods for assessment and prospects for treatment.
Contents: Neuropsychological approaches to process of aging -- Neuropsychological assessment in adulthood and aging -- Methods for assessing the aging brain -- Normal aging in the peripheral nervous system -- Normal aging of the brain -- Neuropathological brain aging -- Emotion, aging, and brain function -- Arousal and sleep -- Response speed and timing in behavior -- Intelligence -- Learning and memory -- Language and communication -- Executive function, attention, and working memory -- Prospects in the neuropsychology of aging.