Aging and Decision Making
Empirical and Applied Perspectives
Published on 23. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-12-417148-0 (ISBN)
Description
Decisions large and small play a fundamental role in shaping life course trajectories of health and well-being: decisions draw upon an individual's capacity for self-regulation and self-control, their ability to keep long-term goals in mind, and their willingness to place appropriate value on their future well-being. Aging and Decision Making addresses the specific cognitive and affective processes that account for age-related changes in decision making, targeting interventions to compensate for vulnerabilities and leverage strengths in the aging individual.
This book focuses on four dominant approaches that characterize the current state of decision-making science and aging - neuroscience, behavioral mechanisms, competence models, and applied perspectives. Underscoring that choice is a ubiquitous component of everyday functioning, Aging and Decision Making examines the implications of how we invest our limited social, temporal, psychological, financial, and physical resources, and lays essential groundwork for the design of decision supportive interventions for adaptive aging that take into account individual capacities and context variables.
This book focuses on four dominant approaches that characterize the current state of decision-making science and aging - neuroscience, behavioral mechanisms, competence models, and applied perspectives. Underscoring that choice is a ubiquitous component of everyday functioning, Aging and Decision Making examines the implications of how we invest our limited social, temporal, psychological, financial, and physical resources, and lays essential groundwork for the design of decision supportive interventions for adaptive aging that take into account individual capacities and context variables.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-417148-0 (9780124171480)
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Persons
Thomas M. Hess, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at North Carolina State University who studies aging and cognitive functioning. His research on aging, judgment, and decision processes has been funded by NIH. He is Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and Gerontological Society of America. JoNell Strough, Ph.D., is a life-span developmental psychologist and professor at West Virginia University. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, a member of the Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging and other scientific associations, and has received research funding from the National Institute on Aging. Corinna E. Loeckenhoff, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of human development at Cornell University and studies emotions, social relations, and decision making from a life-span perspective. Her work is supported by the National Institute on Aging and she has been named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science.
Content
Chapter 1 - The Present, Past, and Future of Research on Aging and Decision Making
JoNell Strough, Corinna E. Loeckenhoff, Thomas M. Hess
Section 1: Neurobiological Mechanisms
Chapter 2 - Modeling Cost-Benefit Decision Making in Aged Rodents
B. Sofia Beas, Barry Setlow, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Jennifer L. Bizon
Chapter 3 - Decision Neuroscience and Aging
Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin
Chapter 4 - Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Age-Related Changes in Learning and Decision Making: A Neuro-Computational Approach
Ben Eppinger, Rasmus Bruckner
Chapter 5 - Age-Associated Executive Dysfunction, the Prefrontal Cortex, and Complex Decision Making
Natalie L. Denburg, William M. Hedgcock
Section 2: Behavioral Mechanisms
Chapter 6 - Adaptive Decision Making and Aging
Rui Mata, Anika K. Josef, Patrick Lemaire
Chapter 7 - Aging, Memory, and Decision Making
Fabio Del Missier, Timo Maentylae, Lars-Goeran Nilsson
Chapter 8 - Complementary Contributions of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence to Decision Making Across the Life Span
Lisa Zaval, Ye Li, Eric J. Johnson, Elke U. Weber
Chapter 9 - Aging, Emotion, and Decision Making
Joseph A. Mikels, Michael M. Shuster, Sydney T. Thai
Chapter 10 - A Prospect Theory-Based Evaluation of Dual-Process Influences on Aging and Decision Making: Support for a Contextual Perspective
Thomas M. Hess
Chapter 11 - Age Differences in Time Perception and Their Implications for Decision Making Across the Life Span
Corinna E. Loeckenhoff, Joshua L. Rutt
Chapter 12 - Understanding Life-Span Developmental Changes in Decision-Making Competence
JoNell Strough, Andrew M. Parker, Waendi Bruine de Bruin
Section 3: Applied Perspectives
Chapter 13 - Decision Making and Health Literacy among Older Adults
Daniel Morrow, Jessie Chin
Chapter 14 - Decisions and Actions for Life Patterns and Health Practices as We Age: A Bottom-up Approach
Howard Leventhal, Jenna Herold, Elaine A. Leventhal, Edith Burns, Michael A. Diefenbach
Chapter 15 - Choice and Aging: Less is More
Pi-Ju Liu, Stacey Wood, Yaniv Hanoch
Chapter 16 - Financial Decision Making across the Adult Life Span: Dynamic Cognitive Capacities and Real-World Competence
Douglas A. Hershey, James T. Austin, Helen C. Gutierrez
Chapter 17 - Aging and Consume Decision Making
Stephanie M. Carpenter, Carolyn Yoon
Chapter 18 - A Framework for Decision Making in Couples across Adulthood
Tara L. Queen, Cynthia A. Berg, William Lowrance
JoNell Strough, Corinna E. Loeckenhoff, Thomas M. Hess
Section 1: Neurobiological Mechanisms
Chapter 2 - Modeling Cost-Benefit Decision Making in Aged Rodents
B. Sofia Beas, Barry Setlow, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Jennifer L. Bizon
Chapter 3 - Decision Neuroscience and Aging
Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin
Chapter 4 - Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Age-Related Changes in Learning and Decision Making: A Neuro-Computational Approach
Ben Eppinger, Rasmus Bruckner
Chapter 5 - Age-Associated Executive Dysfunction, the Prefrontal Cortex, and Complex Decision Making
Natalie L. Denburg, William M. Hedgcock
Section 2: Behavioral Mechanisms
Chapter 6 - Adaptive Decision Making and Aging
Rui Mata, Anika K. Josef, Patrick Lemaire
Chapter 7 - Aging, Memory, and Decision Making
Fabio Del Missier, Timo Maentylae, Lars-Goeran Nilsson
Chapter 8 - Complementary Contributions of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence to Decision Making Across the Life Span
Lisa Zaval, Ye Li, Eric J. Johnson, Elke U. Weber
Chapter 9 - Aging, Emotion, and Decision Making
Joseph A. Mikels, Michael M. Shuster, Sydney T. Thai
Chapter 10 - A Prospect Theory-Based Evaluation of Dual-Process Influences on Aging and Decision Making: Support for a Contextual Perspective
Thomas M. Hess
Chapter 11 - Age Differences in Time Perception and Their Implications for Decision Making Across the Life Span
Corinna E. Loeckenhoff, Joshua L. Rutt
Chapter 12 - Understanding Life-Span Developmental Changes in Decision-Making Competence
JoNell Strough, Andrew M. Parker, Waendi Bruine de Bruin
Section 3: Applied Perspectives
Chapter 13 - Decision Making and Health Literacy among Older Adults
Daniel Morrow, Jessie Chin
Chapter 14 - Decisions and Actions for Life Patterns and Health Practices as We Age: A Bottom-up Approach
Howard Leventhal, Jenna Herold, Elaine A. Leventhal, Edith Burns, Michael A. Diefenbach
Chapter 15 - Choice and Aging: Less is More
Pi-Ju Liu, Stacey Wood, Yaniv Hanoch
Chapter 16 - Financial Decision Making across the Adult Life Span: Dynamic Cognitive Capacities and Real-World Competence
Douglas A. Hershey, James T. Austin, Helen C. Gutierrez
Chapter 17 - Aging and Consume Decision Making
Stephanie M. Carpenter, Carolyn Yoon
Chapter 18 - A Framework for Decision Making in Couples across Adulthood
Tara L. Queen, Cynthia A. Berg, William Lowrance