The Neuropsychology of Aging

Diana S. Woodruff-Pak (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

1997
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-55786-455-0 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive introduction to what is currently known about the impact of ageing on brain function. Increasingly, techniques of modern neuroscience are unlocking secrets of biological and behavioural ageing and its neurological substrates, and methods for assessment and prospects for treatment.

The author is Professor of Psychology at Temple University and Director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center.

List of Figures. List of Tables.

Acknowledgements.

Part I: Introduction and Overview:.

1. Neuropsychological Approaches to Processes of Aging.

2. Neuropsychological Assessment in Adulthood and Aging.

3. Methods of Assessing the Aging Brain.

Part II: Aging and the Nervous System:.

4. Normal Aging in the Peripheral Nervous System.

5. Normal Aging in the Brain.

6. Neuropsychological Brain Aging.

7. Emotion, Aging and Brain Function.

Part III: Human Behaviour: A Neuropsychological Perspective:.

8. Arousal and Sleep.

9. Response Speed and Timing in Behaviour.

10. Intelligence.

11. Learning and Memory.

12. Language and Communication.

13. Executive Function, Attention and Working Memory.

Part IV: The Future:.

14. Prospects on the Neuropsychology of Aging.

References.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.10.1997
Reihe/Serie	Understanding Aging
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	539 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie
ISBN-10	1-55786-455-1 / 1557864551
ISBN-13	978-1-55786-455-0 / 9781557864550
Zustand	Neuware