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Human Neuroscience and the Aging Mind: A New Look at Old Problems

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  • Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz
  • Denise C. Park

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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 to cognitive aging. We provide a selective review of brain imaging studies and their relevance to mechanisms of cognitive aging first identified primarily from behavioral measurements. We also examine some new key discoveries, including evidence favoring plasticity and compensation that have emerged specifically from using cognitive neuroscience methods to study healthy aging. We then summarize several recent neurocognitive theories of aging, including our own model--the Scaffolding Theory of Aging and Cognition. We close by discussing some newly emerging trends and future research trajectories for investigating the aging mind and brain. Copyright 2010, Oxford University Press.

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  • Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz & Denise C. Park, 2010. "Human Neuroscience and the Aging Mind: A New Look at Old Problems," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 65(4), pages 405-415.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:65b:y:2010:i:4:p:405-415
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    1. Sebastian Heinzel & Florian G Metzger & Ann-Christine Ehlis & Robert Korell & Ahmed Alboji & Florian B Haeussinger & Isabel Wurster & Kathrin Brockmann & Ulrike Suenkel & Gerhard W Eschweiler & Walter, 2015. "Age and Vascular Burden Determinants of Cortical Hemodynamics Underlying Verbal Fluency," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(9), pages 1-14, September.
    2. Ángela Hernández Córdoba, 2016. "Cuadernos del CIDS. Envejecimiento y longevidad: fatalidad y devenir: teorías, datos y vivencias," Books, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, number 98.
    3. Gábor Kézdi & Robert J. Willis, 2014. "Expectations, Aging and Cognitive Decline," NBER Chapters, in: Discoveries in the Economics of Aging, pages 305-337, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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