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Aging

Biology and Behavior

Book1981

Edited by:

JAMES L. McGAUGH and SARA B. KIESLER

Aging

Biology and Behavior

Book1981

 

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Edited by:

JAMES L. McGAUGH and SARA B. KIESLER

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Aging: Biology and Behavior addresses behavioral changes in aging related to biological processes, focusing on the nature of changes in brain plasticity, factors influencing life-s ... read full description

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    chapter 1 - Overview on Aging: Some Biomedical, Social, and Behavioral Perspectives

    ROBERT N. BUTLER

    Pages 1-8

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    chapter 2 - Longevity in Primates

    SHERWOOD L. WASHBURN

    Pages 11-29

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    chapter 3 - Life-Span Extension

    RICHARD G. CUTLER

    Pages 31-76

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    chapter 4 - Environment and Biology in Aging: Some Epidemiological Notions

    MERVYN SUSSER

    Pages 77-96

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    chapter 5 - Some Economic Implications of Life-Span Extension

    LAURENCE J. KOTLIKOFF

    Pages 97-114

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    chapter 6 - Old Age in Tzintzuntzan, Mexico

    GEORGE M. FOSTER

    Pages 115-137

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    chapter 7 - The Neurobiological Basis of Age-Related Changes in Neuronal Connectivity

    WILLIAM BONDAREFF

    Pages 141-157

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    chapter 8 - Experience and the Changing Brain

    WILLIAM T. GREENOUGH and EDWARD J. GREEN

    Pages 159-200

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    chapter 9 - Aging and Brain Plasticity

    GARY LYNCH and SARA GERLING

    Pages 201-228

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    chapter 10 - Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly: Influence of Physical Health

    JOANNE STEUER and LISSY F. JARVIK

    Pages 231-253

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    chapter 11 - Old Age: An Artifact?

    ELLEN J. LANGER

    Pages 255-281

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    chapter 12 - The Function of Denial in Stress, Coping, and Aging

    RICHARD S. LAZARUS and GLORIA Y. GOLDEN

    Pages 283-307

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    chapter 13 - Life Changes and Disease in Elderly Populations: Coping with Change

    WILLIAM A. SATARIANO and S. LEONARD SYME

    Pages 311-327

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    chapter 14 - Social Stress and Mental Disorders in the Elderly

    DAN G. BLAZER

    Pages 329-343

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    chapter 15 - Some Psychosocial Influences on the Health Status of the Elderly: The Perspective of Social Epidemiology

    STANISLAV V. KASL and LISA F. BERKMAN

    Pages 345-385

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    appendix A - Biology and Behavior of the Elderly June 22–24, 1979, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

    Pages 387-388

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    appendix B - Reviewers

    Pages 389-390

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    Author Index

    Pages 391-401

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    Subject Index

    Pages 403-407

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Aging: Biology and Behavior addresses behavioral changes in aging related to biological processes, focusing on the nature of changes in brain plasticity, factors influencing life-span, and environmental and social influences on health in the elderly. This book is divided into four main topics—longevity, aging, and mortality; aging brain and behavior; cognitive and social functioning; and health. In these topics, this publication specifically discusses the longevity in primates, life-span extension, environment and biology in aging, and some economic implications of life-span extension. The neurobiological basis of age-related changes in neuronal connectivity, aging and brain plasticity, and cognitive functioning in the elderly are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the life changes and disease in elderly populations, social stress and mental disorders in the elderly, and perspective of social epidemiology. This volume is a useful source to clinicians and students examining possible social and behavioral science research perspectives on aging.

Aging: Biology and Behavior addresses behavioral changes in aging related to biological processes, focusing on the nature of changes in brain plasticity, factors influencing life-span, and environmental and social influences on health in the elderly. This book is divided into four main topics—longevity, aging, and mortality; aging brain and behavior; cognitive and social functioning; and health. In these topics, this publication specifically discusses the longevity in primates, life-span extension, environment and biology in aging, and some economic implications of life-span extension. The neurobiological basis of age-related changes in neuronal connectivity, aging and brain plasticity, and cognitive functioning in the elderly are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the life changes and disease in elderly populations, social stress and mental disorders in the elderly, and perspective of social epidemiology. This volume is a useful source to clinicians and students examining possible social and behavioral science research perspectives on aging.

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978-0-12-040001-0

Language

English

Published

1981

Copyright

Copyright © 1981 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Academic Press

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Editors

JAMES L. McGAUGH

Department of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California

SARA B. KIESLER

Department of Social Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania