Age-related cognitive changes often include difficulties in retrieving memories, particularly
those that rely on personal experiences within their temporal and spatial contexts (ie …

There are declines with age in speed of processing, working memory, inhibitory function,
and long-term memory, as well as decreases in brain structure size and white matter …

As we grow older, we may grow wiser, but we can also experience memory loss and
cognitive slowing that can interfere with our daily routines. The cognitive neuroscience of …

Creating a healthy, social classroom environment. This book explains how the brain, as a
social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through late …

Deterioration of the hippocampus occurs in elderly individuals with and without dementia,
yet individual variation exists in the degree and rate of hippocampal decay. Determining the …

Memory decline in aging results from multiple factors that influence both executive function
and the medial temporal lobe memory system. In advanced aging, frontal-striatal systems …

In this article, marking the 65th anniversary of the Journal of Gerontology, we offer a broad-
brush overview of the new synthesis between neuroscientific and psychological approaches …

The process of aging includes changes in cellular biology that affect local interactions
between cells and their environments and eventually propagate to systemic levels. In the …

New discoveries challenge the long-held view that aging is characterized by progressive
loss and decline. Evidence for functional reorganization, compensation and effective …

Cognitive aging research and theory has, until recently, been based upon behavioral
measures of cognitive performance such as response time and accuracy. Results from …