Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Aging Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology 1st edition by Angela Gutchess ISBN 1316028940 9781316028940

Chapter One Introduction to Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Aging

Learning Objectives

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Theories of Cognitive Aging

1.3 Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging Theories

1.3.1 Increased Activity and Compensation with Age

1.3.2 Changing Neural Responses to Task Demands

1.3.3 Reduced Specificity of Neural Responses with Age

1.4 Cognitive Neuroscience Methods

1.4.1 Measures of Structural Integrity of the Brain

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)

1.4.2 Measures of Brain Function

1.5 Recent Methodological Advances

1.5.1 Structure-Behavior Relationships

1.5.2 Structure-Function Relationships

1.5.3 Resting State fMRI (rs-fMRI)

1.5.4 Beta-Amyloid (Aβ)

1.5.5 Neurotransmitters

1.5.6 Future Directions

1.6 Introduction to the Rest of the Book

Chapter Summary

Discussion Questions

For Further Reading

Key Terms

Chapter Two Brain Mechanisms of Aging

Learning Objectives

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Structural Changes in the Brain: Gray Matter

2.2.1 Relationships between Gray Matter and Behavior

2.3 Structural Changes in the Brain: White Matter

2.3.1 Relationships between White Matter and Behavior

2.4 Connectivity

2.5 Default Mode Network

2.6 Perception and Sensation

2.7 Neurotransmitters

2.8 Individual Differences

2.8.1 Genes

2.8.2 Intelligence

2.8.3 Sex Differences

2.8.4 Personality

2.8.5 Stress

2.8.6 Bilingualism

2.8.7 Culture

2.8.8 Summary

Chapter Summary

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Chapter Three Cognition and Aging

Learning Objectives

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Attention

3.3 Executive Function

3.4 Motor Control

3.5 Language

3.5.1 Language and Hearing Loss

3.6 Training Cognitive Ability

3.6.1 Physical Activity

3.6.2 Meditation

3.6.3 Cognitive Interventions

3.6.4 Memory Training

Chapter Summary

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Chapter Four Memory and Aging

Learning Objectives

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Working Memory

4.2.1 Inhibition in Working Memory

4.3 Explicit Long-Term Memory

4.3.1 Levels of Processing and Intentionality

4.3.2 Subsequent Memory

4.3.3 Recollection

4.3.4 Source Memory

4.3.5 Associative Memory and Binding

4.3.6 Semantic Memory

4.3.7 False Memory

4.3.8 Autobiographical Memory

4.3.9 Memory and Future Thinking

4.3.10 Reactivation

4.3.11 Controlled Processes in Long-Term Memory

4.3.12 Pattern Separation

4.4 Implicit Long-Term Memory

Chapter Summary

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Chapter Five Emotion and Aging

Learning Objectives

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Neural Regions Involved in Emotion

5.3 Emotion Identification

5.4 Emotion Regulation

5.4.1 Life Satisfaction and Neural Activity with Age

5.5 Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and Age

5.6 Emotion and Memory

5.6.1 fMRI Research

5.6.2 ERP Research

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Chapter Six Social Cognition and Aging

Learning Objectives

6.1 Introduction

Color Plate

6.2 Self-Focused Processes

6.3 Self-Referencing and Memory

6.4 Own-Age Bias

6.5 Stereotype Threat and Stigma

6.6 Empathy and Theory of Mind

6.7 Social Interactions

6.8 Impression Formation

6.9 Impression Formation and Memory

6.10 Trust

6.11 Conclusions

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Chapter Seven Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Age-Related Disorders

Learning Objectives

7.1 Introduction

7.2 AD

7.2.1 Structural Changes in AD and aMCI

7.2.2 Functional Changes in AD and aMCI

7.2.3 Amyloid and Tau Imaging

7.2.4 Genes

7.2.5 Concluding Thoughts on AD

7.3 Other Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases

7.4 Social Cognition across Neurodegenerative Disorders

7.5 Depression

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Chapter Eight Current and Future Directions

Learning Objectives

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Decision Making and Reward

8.2.1 Reward and Economic Tasks

8.2.2 Gambling Tasks

8.2.3 Economic Decision Making in a Social Context

8.2.4 Future Directions in Decision Making and Reward

8.3 Neuromodulation

8.3.1 Overview

8.3.2 Neuromodulation Studies of Normal Aging

8.3.3 Neuromodulation Studies of Age-Related Disorders

8.4 Emerging Directions

8.4.1 Studying Aging across the Life Span

8.4.2 Exploring the Distinction of Socioemotional and Cognitive Domains

8.4.3 Contribution of Context to Aging

Chapter Summary

Discussion Questions

For Further Reading

Key Terms

Bibliography

Index