The aging mind : opportunities in cognitive research / Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging ; Paul C. Stern and Laura L. Carstensen, editors.

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2000], ©2000.

xii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Understanding the aging mind -- Neural health -- Cognition in context -- Structure of the aging mind -- Implementation -- Age-related shifts in neural circuit characteristics and their impact on age-related cognitive impairments / John H. Morrison -- Homeostatic processes in brain aging : the role of apoptosis, inflammation, and oxidative stress in regulating healthy neural circuitry in the aging brain / Carl W. Cotman -- The bearable lightness of aging : judgment and decision processes in older adults / Ellen Peters ... [et al.] -- Cognitive aging and adaptive technologies / Donald L. Fisher -- Health effects on cognitive aging / Shari R. Waldstein -- Cultural variations in cognition : implications for aging research / Shinobu Kitayama -- Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in nonhuman primates : a prospectus for research on aging / Thomas D. Albright.

Includes bibliographical references and index.