Handbook of the psychology of aging
By: editors, James E. Birren and K. Warner Schaie ; associate editors, Ronald P. Abeles, Margaret Gatz, and Timothy A. Salthouse.
Contributors: Birren, James E.; Schaie, K. Warner 1928-; Abeles, Ronald P., 1944-; Gatz, Margaret.; Salthouse, Timothy A.
Edition: 6th ed.
Series: The handbooks of aging
Publisher: Elsevier Academic Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780121012649; 9780121012656
Subjects: Aged -- psychology; Aging
Other titles: Psychology of aging
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Theoretical issues in the psychology of aging / Timothy A. Salthouse; value: Design and analysis of longitudinal studies on aging / Scott M. Hofer and Martin J. Sliwinski; value: Behavior genetics and aging / George P. Vogler; value: Contributions of cognitive neuroscience to the understanding of behavior and aging / Arthur F. Kramer, Monica Fabiani, and Stanley J. Colcombe; value: Health, behavior, and optimal aging : a life span developmental perspective / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Avron Spiro III, and Crystal L. Park; value: Environmental gerontology : progress in the post-Lawton era / Rick J. Scheidt and Paul G. Windley; value: Vision and aging / Frank Schieber; value: Aging, complexity, and motor performance / Karl M. Newell, David E. Vaillancourt, and Jacob J. Sosnoff; value: Changing role of the speed of processing construct in the cognitive psychology of human aging / Alan Hartley; value: Memory aging / William J. Hoyer and Paul Verhaeghen; value: Applied learning and aging : a closer look at reading / Bonnie J.F. Meyer and Carlee K. Pollard; value: Language comprehension and production in normal aging / Robert Thornton and Leah L. Light; value: Selection, optimization, and compensation as developmental mechanisms of adaptive resource allocation : review and preview / Michaela Riediger, Shu-Chen Li, and Ulman Lindenberger; value: Everyday problem solving and decision making / Michael Marsiske and Jennifer A. Margrett; value: Aging and the intersection of cognition, motivation, and emotion / Laura L. Carstensen, Joseph A. Mikels, and Mara Mather; value: Personality and aging / Daniel K. Mroczek, Avron Spiro III, and Paul W. Griffin; value: Attitudes toward aging and their effects on behavior / Thomas M. Hess; value: Improving the mental health of older adults / Bob G. Knight ... [et al.]; value: Adaptive technology / Charles T. Scialfa and Geoff R. Fernie; value: Wisdom and aging / Gerard M. Brugman; value: Autobiographical memory and the narrative of self over the life span / James E. Birren and Johannes J.F. Schroots; value: Religion and health in late life / Neal Krause.