Neurobehavior of Language and Cognition - Studies of Normal Aging and Brain Damage
Contributors: Lisa Tabor Connor (Editor); Loraine K. Obler (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780792378778
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Psychiatry; Neuroscience; Neurolinguistics (Neurological Aspects); Neuropsychology; Medical / Nursing; Psychology; Medical / Neurology; Medical / Neuroscience; General; Neurology - General
First sentence: The aging nervous system is marked by gradual but progressive changes in gross brain anatomy, metabolic activity, and cell function that have been increasingly well-described in the literature (Ivy, MacLeod, Petit, &amp; Markus, 1992; Raz, Gunning-Dixon, Head, Dupuis, &amp; Acker, 1998).