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Decks in this class (19)

Chapter 1
Chronological age,
Agerasia,
Progeria
56  cards
Chapter 2
Introduction,
Longitudinal study,
Cross sectional study
49  cards
Chapter 3
Short term memory stm,
Baddeley,
Ageing and short term memory
16  cards
Chapter 4
Ageing and languageintroduction,
The role of reading in older peop...,
Physical constraints
14  cards
Chapter 5
Trait models of personality,
Psychoanalytic and type models of...,
Integrated personality
21  cards
Chapter 6
Introduction,
Mild cognitive impairment,
Dementia
24  cards
Chapter 7
Problems in measuring the psychol...,
Confounding variables and the sea...,
The relevance of findings to ever...
3  cards
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 death dying and bereave...,
Death awareness,
Kubler ross s five stages of dyin...
9  cards
Chapter 9
What will constitute being old,
Older people and the technologica...,
Conclusion
3  cards
Article 1: ognition through the lifespan: mechanisms of change
Introduction,
Representation and control in lif...,
Lifespan changes in representation
6  cards
Article 2: Horizons in the Evolution of Ageing (Flatt, Partridge)
The evolution of ageing in humans,
Why does ageing evolve,
Some mechanisms of ageing are evo...
6  cards
Article 3: The cognitive neuroscience of ageing (Grady)
Intro,
Compensation in the older brain,
Dedifferentation
10  cards
Article 4: Strategies for Successful Aging: A Research Update (Harmell, Jeste, Depp)
Introduction,
Relevance to psychiatry,
Physical activity
9  cards
Article 5: INSIGHTS INTO THE AGEING MIND: A VIEW FROM COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (Hedden, Gabrieli)
Intro,
Behavioral research,
Life long declines
12  cards
Article 6: Cognitive Aging in a Social and Affective Context: Advances Over the Past 50 Years (Kensinger, Gutchess)
Successful ageing also social com...
1  cards
Article 7: Human cognitive aging: Corriger la fortune? (Lindenberger)
1  cards
Article 8: Sleep and Human Ageing (Mander, Winer, Walker)
Less non rem sleep are old unable...
1  cards
Article 9: Adaptive Capacity: An Evolutionary Neuroscience Model Linking Exercise, Cognition and Brain Health (Raichlen, Alexander)
Beneficial effect of aerobics exe...
1  cards
Article 10: Association between depression and resilience in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction resilience comprises...
1  cards

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