... to find an opinion by Judge Friendly (Mears 2012). By all accounts, Friendly was a judicial exemplar. But like all humans, Friendly experienced the effects of cognitive aging. Toward the end of his career, he noted a decline in his reasoning abilities: I seem to have greater difficulty in making up my...

... and termination on the vertical axis. Line imposed on scatterplot shows gradual increase from around 1000 days in 1930 to around 6000 days in 2020. Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the book’s focus on the effects of cognitive aging on federal circuit court judges. It starts by providing several poignant...

... phonology sounds syllabic vocoding homophone naming Objects phonological priming syllables Alzheimer’s Disease bilingualism concept discourse error monitoring error related negativity ERN fluency longitudinal studies multilingualism caudate nucleus cognitive aging compensation language...

... experience. mindfulness meditation mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR subjective cognitive decline SCD cognitive rehabilitation older adults cognitive aging aging Welcome. With great pleasure, I want to take the next few minutes to introduce you to the path on which you will be traveling...

... meditation subjective cognitive decline SCD cognitive rehabilitation older adults cognitive aging loving-kindness retreat Session 7: Be Your Own Meditation Instructor and Daylong Retreat 62 63 Loving-Kindness Practice (Relating to Our Pain Directly) 64 Reacting Versus Responding 65 Handout...

... how the context and culture in which one ages can affect cognitive aging and assesses the universality of cognitive aging theories. This is followed by a brief discussion of how theories of aging can be used as a model for understanding the mechanisms underlying cognitive symptoms associated...

... theoretically-derived expectations based on cross-sectional comparisons to those actually observed in longitudinal change patterns. Provocative implications for cognitive aging theories — and how they are generated and supported — are highlighted. episodic memory memory Victoria Longitudinal Study VLS...

...This chapter presents a commentary on Chapters 10–14. By situating cognitive aging in the broad context of health, physiological, and biological processes, the chapters in this section seem to underscore the need for large-scale, comprehensive investigations that are able to tease apart the often...

... structure of the program, who the program is designed for, and how to appropriately screen participants and measure outcomes/response to the program. mindfulness meditation mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR subjective cognitive decline SCD cognitive rehabilitation older adults cognitive aging...

... bank account” that can be enhanced through mindfulness. mindfulness meditation subjective cognitive decline SCD older adults cognitive aging cognitive slips cognitive failures cognitive reserve focused attention ■ Whiteboard and pens ■ Participant Workbook ■ Chairs...

... work with emotions. Walking meditation (“Aimless Wandering”) is also provided for home practice. mindfulness meditation subjective cognitive decline SCD cognitive rehabilitation older adults cognitive aging open monitoring emotion regulation walking meditation ■ Whiteboard and pens...

... practice. If the optional booster session(s) will take place, time is spent scheduling and preparing for this. mindfulness meditation subjective cognitive decline SCD cognitive rehabilitation older adults cognitive aging loving-kindness ■ Whiteboard and pens ■ Participant Workbook...

... autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy Desmond D W Viitanen M cognitive aging research Joutel A Tournier Lasserve E Braak E Braak H DeCarli C Eckman C B Glisky E L Golde T E Jack C R Jr Killiany R J Lipsitz L A Petersen R C Polster M R Pugh K G...

... of cognitive aging with physical aging, and discusses tests used to assess cognitive ability. The chapter then discusses the two broad themes about cognitive aging that have been apparent from the beginning of research on this topic. The first theme is that different cognitive variables have different patterns...

...One of the important questions in the field of cognitive aging is what is responsible for the different age relations found in cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of cognitive functioning. This chapter discusses the major factors that have been postulated to contribute to different age...

...This chapter considers how sources of hypotheses for the locus of age differences in cognition have often been based on models and metaphors in cognitive psychology. It considers the primary ways in which cognitive aging research has been conducted and the implications these practices have for what...

... Macro approach to cognitive aging Micro approach to cognitive aging Variance control Carroll J B Christenfeld N J S Czaja S Ferrer Caja E Gustafsson J E Jensen A R Jopp D Lowe C Schroeder D H Contextual analysis Curves of factors Factors of curves Hierarchical structural analysis Baron R...

...This chapter examines changes in working memory in children and older adults. The construct of working memory has been central in the study of cognitive aging. The development of the construct of working memory was particularly important to theory development in cognitive aging, as it provided...

... Fractional anisotropy FA FMRI studies Functional connectivity Default mode network DMN APOE 4 BDNF Cognitive aging exercise neuroplasticity neurogenesis The brain is inherently plastic and is altered by stimulation from the environment ( Kolb and Muhammad, 2014 ). The capability for brain plasticity...

... specialities. This book delves into the subjects of cognitive aging, neuroscience, pharmacology, health, genetics, sensory biology, and epidemiology. This book is about new frontiers rather than past research and accomplishments. Recently cognitive aging research has taken several new directions, linking...