Major Issues in Cognitive Aging

Informationen zum Autor Timothy Salthouse is the Brown-Forman Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. Klappentext In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different disciplines. It is probably, therefore, inevitable that some of the research has become very narrow, primarily focused on "counting and classifying the wrinkles of aged behavior," rather than addressing more broad, general, and important questions. Timothy Salthouse's main goal in this book is to try to identify some of the major phenomena in the field of cognitive aging,and discuss issues relevant to the investigation and interpretation of them. He does not attempt to provide a comprehensive survey of the research literature on aging and cognition because many excellent reviews are available in edited handbooks. His principal aim is rather to stimulate readers tothink about the big questions in cognitive aging research, and how they might best be answered. Zusammenfassung In this book, Timothy Salthouse identifies some of the major phenomena in the field of cognitive aging and discusses issues relevant to the investigation and interpretation of them.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Salthouse, Timothy Salthouse
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.01.2010, ritardato
• EAN: 9780195372151
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537215-1
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Oxford Psychology Series; Oxford Psychology; Ox Psych Series Ox Psych
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata