The Neuropsychology of Aging
by Woodruff-Pak, Diana S.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-12-08
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
The Neuropsychology of Aging is a comprehensive yet concise introduction to what is currently known about the impact of aging on brain function.
Author Biography
The author is Professor of Psychology at Temple University and Director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction and Overview | |
| Neuropsychological Approaches to Processes of Aging | |
| Neuropsychological Assessment in Adulthood and Aging | |
| Methods of Assessing the Aging Brain | |
| Aging and the Nervous System | |
| Normal Aging in the Peripheral Nervous System | |
| Normal Aging in the Brain | |
| Neuropsychological Brain Aging | |
| Emotion, Aging and Brain Function | |
| Human Behaviour: A Neuropsychological Perspective | |
| Arousal and Sleep | |
| Response Speed and Timing in Behaviour | |
| Intelligence | |
| Learning and Memory | |
| Language and Communication | |
| Executive Function, Attention and Working Memory | |
| The Future | |
| Prospects on the Neuropsychology of Aging | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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