Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

ForewordPreface Section I: Concepts, Theory, Methods Chapter 1 - Theoretical Perspectives for the Psychology of Aging in a Lifespan ContextK. Warner Schaie Chapter 2 - Methodological Considerations for the Study of Adult Development and AgingStuart W. S. MacDonald and Robert S. Stawski Chapter 3 - Society and the Individual at the Dawn of the Twenty-First CenturyToni 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 AgingAnna C. McCarrey, Melissa H. Kitner-Triolo, and Susan M. Resnick Chapter 5 - The aging Mind in Transition: Amyloid Deposition and Progression Toward Alzheimer's DiseaseDenise C. Park and Michelle E. Farrell Chapter 6 - Research on Human Plasticity in Adulthood: A Lifespan AgendaSimone Kühn and Ulman Lindenberger Chapter 7 - Cognitive and Physical Aging: Genetic Influences and Gene-Environment InterplayChandra A. Reynolds and Deborah G. Finkel Chapter 8 - Memory: Behavior and Neural BasisCindy Lustig and Ziyong Lin Chapter 9 - Audition and Language Comprehension in Adult aging: Stability in the Fce of ChangeArthur Wingfield and Amanda Lash Chapter 10 - Exercise, Cognition, and HealthKirk I. Erickson and Teresa Liu-Ambrose Section III: Behavioral Processes Chapter 11 - Personality and Health: Reviewing Recent Research and Setting a Directive for the FuturePatrick L. Hill and Brent W. Roberts Chapter 12 - Cognitive Training in Later AdulthoodSherry L. Willis and Sylvie Belleville Chapter 13 - Executive Functions and Neurocognitive agingPatricia A. Reuter-Lorenz, Sara B. Festini, and Tiffany K. Jantz Chapter 14 - Social Interrelations in Aging: The Sample Case of Married CouplesChristian A. Hoppmann and Denis Gerstorf Chapter 15 - Age Differences in the Connection of Mood and Cognition: Evidence from Studies of Mood Congruent EffectsBob G. Knight, Sarah Rastegar, and Seungyoun Kim Chapter 16 - Psychological Vitality in the Oldest OldJacqui Smith and Lindsay H. Ryan Section IV: Complex Processes Chapter 17 - Cross-Cultural Psychology of AgingHelene H. Fung and Da Jiang Chapter 18 - Work, Retirement and AgingMo Wang and Junqi Shi Chapter 19 - Financial Decision-Making and Capacity in Older AdultsDaniel C. Marson, Deborah L. Kerr, and Donald G. McLaren Chapter 20 - Technology, Gaming, and Social NetworkingNeil Charness and Walter R. Boot Chapter 21 - Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies for Late-Life Mood and Anxiety DisordersLisa C. Barry and Amy L. Byers Chapter 22 - Late-Life Sleep and Sleep DisordersChristina S. McCrae, Megan E. Petrov, Natalie Dautovich, and Kenneth L. Lichstein Chapter 23 - Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults with Dementia and their CaregiversLinda Teri, Glenise McKenzie, and Christina A. Coulter Chapter 24 - The Psychology of Death and Dying in Later LifeDavid E. Balk