Aging and Behavior: A Comprehensive Integration of Research Findings

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Springer, Dec 1, 2013 - Medical - 439 pages
 

Contents

Who Are the Aged?
1
Stereotyping the Elderly
17
Biological Factors in Longevity and Survival
38
Psychological and Social Factors in Longevity and Survival
55
Wellbeing
72
Sexuality and Sexual Relations
91
Friends Family and Institutionalization
110
Pathological Aging
129
Slowness of Behavior
229
Intelligence
249
Forming Concepts
274
The Encoding of Information
294
Storage and Retrieval
316
Newer Perspectives in LearningMemory
336
Creativity and Contribution
359
Research Methods
381

Stability and Change
143
Cautious Behavior
166
The Senses
185
Processing Sense Information
207
Operational Issues and Special Concerns in Aging Research
404
Index
429
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