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This updated eighth edition of the most comprehensive text available on the effect of age on psychological processes such as language, cognition, perception, motor control, and social relations provides an important summary of the way the aging process is important to many features of our daily lives, from the workplace and family to public policy matters

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface

Section I: Concepts, Theory, Methods

Chapter 1 – Theoretical Perspectives for the Psychology of Aging in a Lifespan Context K. Warner Schaie

Chapter 2 – Methodological Considerations for the Study of Adult Development and Aging Stuart W. S. MacDonald and Robert S. Stawski

Chapter 3 – Society and the Individual at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century Toni C. Antonucci, Lisa Berkman, Axel Börsch-Supan, Laura L. Carstensen, Linda P. Fried, Frank F. Furstenberg, Dana Goldman, James S. Jackson, Martin Kohli, S. Jay Olshansky, John Rother, John W. Rowe, and Julie Zissimopoulos

Section II: Bio-Psychosocial Factors in Aging

Chapter 4 – Sex Hormones and Cognitive Aging Anna C. McCarrey, Melissa H. Kitner-Triolo, and Susan M. Resnick

Chapter 5 – The aging Mind in Transition: Amyloid Deposition and Progression Toward Alzheimer’s Disease Denise C. Park and Michelle E. Farrell

Chapter 6 – Research on Human Plasticity in Adulthood: A Lifespan Agenda Simone Kühn and Ulman Lindenberger

Chapter 7 – Cognitive and Physical Aging: Genetic Influences and Gene-Environment Interplay Chandra A. Reynolds and Deborah G. Finkel

Chapter 8 – Memory: Behavior and Neural Basis Cindy Lustig and Ziyong Lin

Chapter 9 – Audition and Language Comprehension in Adult aging:  Stability in the Fce of Change Arthur Wingfield and Amanda Lash

Chapter 10 – Exercise, Cognition, and Health Kirk I. Erickson and Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Section III: Behavioral Processes

Chapter 11 – Personality and Health: Reviewing Recent Research and Setting a Directive for the Future Patrick L. Hill and Brent W. Roberts

Chapter 12 – Cognitive Training in Later Adulthood Sherry L. Willis and Sylvie Belleville

Chapter 13 – Executive Functions and Neurocognitive aging Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz, Sara B. Festini, and Tiffany K. Jantz

Chapter 14 – Social Interrelations in Aging: The Sample Case of Married Couples Christian A. Hoppmann and Denis Gerstorf

Chapter 15 – Age Differences in the Connection of Mood and Cognition: Evidence from Studies of Mood Congruent Effects Bob G. Knight, Sarah Rastegar, and Seungyoun Kim

Chapter 16 – Psychological Vitality in the Oldest Old Jacqui Smith and Lindsay H. Ryan

Section IV: Complex Processes

Chapter 17 – Cross-Cultural Psychology of Aging Helene H. Fung and Da Jiang

Chapter 18 – Work, Retirement and Aging Mo Wang and Junqi Shi

Chapter 19 – Financial Decision-Making and Capacity in Older Adults Daniel C. Marson, Deborah L. Kerr, and Donald G. McLaren

Chapter 20 – Technology, Gaming, and Social Networking Neil Charness and Walter R. Boot

Chapter 21 – Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies for Late-Life Mood and Anxiety Disorders Lisa C. Barry and Amy L. Byers

Chapter 22 – Late-Life Sleep and Sleep Disorders Christina S. McCrae, Megan E. Petrov, Natalie Dautovich, and Kenneth L. Lichstein

Chapter 23 – Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults with Dementia and their Caregivers Linda Teri, Glenise McKenzie, and Christina A. Coulter

Chapter 24 – The Psychology of Death and Dying in Later Life David E. Balk

About the Author

K. Warner Schaie holds an appointment as affiliate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He is also the Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Human Development and Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Washington, an honorary Dr. Phil. from the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany, and an honorary Sc.D. degree from West Virginia University. He received the Kleemeier Award for Distinguished Research Contributions and the Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award from the Gerontological Society of America, the MENSA lifetime career award, and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions award from the American Psychological Association. He is a past president of the APA Division of Adult Development and Aging and currently represents that Division on the APA Council of Representatives. He is author or editor of more than 60 books including the textbook Adult Development and Aging (5th edition, with S.L. Willis) and of all previous editions of the Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (with J.E. Birren or S.L. Willis). He has directed the Seattle Longitudinal Study of cognitive aging since 1956 and is the author of more than 300 journal articles and chapters on the psychology of aging. His current research interest is in the life course of adult intelligence, its antecedents and modifiability, the impact of cognitive behavior in midlife upon the integrity of brain structures in old age, the early detection of risk for dementia, as well as methodological issues in the developmental sciences. Sherry L. Willis is a research professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. She previously held an appointment as professor of Human Development at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research has focused on age-related cognitive changes in later adulthood. In particular she is known for her work on behavioral interventions to remediate and enhance cognitive performance in community-dwelling normal elderly. She was a principal investigator on the ACTIVE study, a randomized controlled trial to examine the effects of cognitive interventions in the maintenance of everyday functioning in at-risk community-dwelling elderly, funded by NIA. She has been the codirector of the Seattle Longitudinal Study. In addition to her cognitive intervention research, she has conducted programmatic research on changes in everyday problem-solving competence in the elderly and cognitive predictors of competence. She and colleagues have developed several measures of Everyday Problem Solving. She is the co-author of the textbook Adult Development and Aging (with K.W. Schaie, now in its 5th edition). She has edited more than ten volumes on various aspects of adult development and cognition and has authored over a hundred publications in adult development. She has served as President of Division 20, Adult Development and Aging, American Psychological Association. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Sweden. She received a Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement and the Pauline Schmitt Russell Distinguished Research Career Award from the Pennsylvania State University, and the Paul and Margret Baltes award from Division 20 of the American Psychological Association. She currently has funding from NIA for a twenty-year follow-up of the ACTIVE randomized cognitive training trial and funding to archive the Seattle Longitudinal Study.