Cognitive Aging: A Primer

By: Park, Denise C.

As our society ages, the topic of cognitive aging is becoming increasingly important. This volume provides an accessible overview of how the cognitive system changes as a function of normal aging. Building on the successful first edition, this volume provide an even more comprehensive coverage of the major issues affecting memory, attention, language, speech and other aspects of cognitive functioning. The essential chapters from the first edition have been thoroughly revised and updated and new chapters have been introduced which draw in neuroscience studies and more applied topics. In addition, contributors were encouraged to ensure their chapters are accessible to students studying the topic for the first time. This therefore makes the volume appealing as a textbook on senior undergraduate and graduate courses.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863776922
• ISBN13: 9780863776922
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An excellent reference

This primer is the best starting point for anyone interested in getting a quick yet broad picture of cognitive aging. It seems to have been written with the academic reader in mind, but is accessible enough for a popular press audience (especially the first section Basic Mecanisms). I'd love to see a second edition of this book. A great amount of progress has been made especially in section 4 of this book, Applications, over the past 5 years. A new chapter on decision making by Mara Mather or Melissa Finucane and a chapter about technology by Art Fisk/Wendy Rogers/Neil Charness/Sara Czaja/Joseph Sharit would make for a great second edition.