Table of Contents
I. Frontiers in Cognitive Aging
Chapter 1: Roger A. Dixon (University of Alberta) and Lars-Göran Nilsson (Stockholm University)
Don’t Fence Us In: Probing the Frontiers of Cognitive Aging
II. New Theoretical Orientations in Cognitive Aging
Chapter 2: Denise Park (University of Illinois) and Meredith Minear (University of Michigan)
Cognitive Aging: New Directions for Old Theories
Chapter 3: Christopher Hertzog (Georgia Tech)
Does Longitudinal Evidence Confirm Theories of
Cognitive Aging Derived from Cross-sectional Data?
Chapter 4: David F. Hultsch (University of Victoria) and Stuart MacDonald (Karolinska Institute)
Intraindividual Variability in Performance as a Theoretical Window onto Cognitive Aging
Chapter 5: Leah Light (Pitzer College)
Commentary: Measures, Constructs, Models, and Inferences about Aging
III. New Directions in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging
Chapter 6: Naftali Raz (Wayne State University)
The Aging Brain: Structural Changes and their Implications for Cognitive Aging
Chapter 7: Lars Nyberg (Umeå University) and Lars Bäckman (Karolinska Institute)
Cognitive Aging: A View from Brain Imaging
Chapter 8: Lars Bäckman (Karolinska Institute), Brent J. Small (University of South Florida), and Laura
Fratiglioni (Karolinska Institute)
Cognitive Deficits in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
Chapter 9: Roberto Cabeza (Duke University)
Commentary: Neuroscience Frontiers of Cognitive Aging: Approaches to Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging
IV. Frontiers of Biological and Health Effects in Cognitive Aging
Chapter 10: Ulman Lindenberger (Max Planck Institute) and Paolo Ghisletta (University of Geneva)
Modeling Longitudinal Changes in Old Age: From Covariance Structures to Dynamic Systems
Chapter 11: Helen Christensen (Australian National Uniiversity) and Andrew Mackinnon (Monash University)
Exploring the Relationships between Sensory, Physiological, Genetic, and Health Measures in Relation to the Common Cause
Hypothesis
Chapter 12: Nancy L. Pedersen (Karolinska Institute)
New Frontiers in Genetic Influences on Cognitive Aging
Chapter 13: Agneta Herlitz (Karolinska Institute) and Julie E. Yonker (University of Cincinnati)
Hormonal Effects on Cognition in Adults
Chapter 14: Åke Wahlin (Karolinska Institute)
Health, Disease, and Cognitive Functioning in Old Age
Chapter 15: Peter Graf (University of British Columbia)
Commentary: Broadening the Context of Cognitive Aging
Chapter 16: Paul Verhaeghen (Syracuse University)
Commentary: Framing Fearful (A)symmetries: Three Hard Questions About Cognitive Aging
V. Final Frontiers?: New Research Directions, Perspectives, and Imperatives
Chapter 17: Daniel B. Berch (NICHHD) and Molly V. Wagster (National Institute on Aging)
Future Directions in Cognitive Aging Research: Perspectives from the National Institute on Aging
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