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Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging

Linking Cognitive and Cerebral Aging

Herausgeber: Cabeza, Roberto; Park, Denise C; Nyberg, Lars

Beschreibung

This second edition of the popular Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging provides up-to-date coverage of the most fundamental topics in this discipline. It accessibly and comprehensively reviews the neural mechanisms of cognitive aging appropriate to both professionals and students in a variety of domains, including psychology, neuroscience, neuropsychology, neurology, and psychiatry.

Autor

Roberto Cabeza is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, where he is also Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. Cabeza investigates the neural mechanisms of memory in young and older adults using behavioral, functional neuroimaging, and brain stimulation techniques. Lars Nyberg is professor at Umeå University, Sweden (in Psychology until 2005, and in Neuroscience since 2006) and director of Umeå å Center for Functional Brain Imaging. He is a principal investigator of the Betula longitudinal project. Denise C. Park is Distinguished University Chair of Behavioral and Brain Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. She has held numerous offices in national professional organizations and is a fellow of AAAS, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, and Gerontological Society of America. Park has received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award (2002) and the Distinguished Mentor Award (2015) from the Division of Adult Development and Aging of the American Psychological Association. She has studied the aging mind her entire career and is presently focused on techniques for enhancing cognitive function through neuroplasticity and understanding the transition from cognitive health to Alzheimer's disease.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 616
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 185mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1474g
• ISBN-13: 9780199372935
• ISBN-10: 0199372934
• Artikelnr.: 47866079