Front matter
Copyright
Preface
Foreword
About the Editors
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 Theoretical Perspectives for the Psychology of Aging in a Lifespan Context
Chapter 2 Methodological Considerations for the Study of Adult Development and Aging
Chapter 3 Society and the Individual at the Dawn of the Twenty First Century
Chapter 4 Sex Hormones and Cognitive Aging
Chapter 5 The Aging Mind in Transition Amyloid Deposition and Progression toward Alzheimer s Disease
Chapter 6 Research on Human Plasticity in Adulthood A Lifespan Agenda
Chapter 7 Cognitive and Physical Aging Genetic Influences and Gene Environment Interplay
Chapter 8 Memory Behavior and Neural Basis
Chapter 9 Audition and Language Comprehension in Adult Aging Stability in the Face of Change
Chapter 10 Exercise Cognition and Health
Chapter 11 Personality and Health Reviewing Recent Research and Setting a Directive for the Future
Chapter 12 Cognitive Training in Later Adulthood
Chapter 13 Executive Functions and Neurocognitive Aging
Chapter 14 Social Interrelations in Aging The Sample Case of Married Couples
Chapter 15 Age Differences in the Connection of Mood and Cognition Evidence from Studies of Mood Congruent Effects
Chapter 16 Psychological Vitality in the Oldest Old
Chapter 17 Cross Cultural Psychology of Aging
Chapter 18 Work Retirement and Aging
Chapter 19 Financial Decision Making and Capacity in Older Adults
Chapter 20 Technology Gaming and Social Networking
Chapter 21 Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies for Late Life Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 22 Late Life Sleep and Sleep Disorders
Chapter 23 Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults with Dementia and Their Caregivers
Chapter 24 The Psychology of Death and Dying in Later Life
Author Index
Subject Index