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Finalist in the 2 2 PROSE Awards Brain aging-and human aging more broadly-has long been seen as a process of slow, and inevitable, deterioration and decline.  Today, this view has been challenged with research demonstrating a more complex set of changes - growth, decline, adaptation, selectivity, and reorganization - in brain structure and function across adulthood.  In fact, research in both behavioral and brain science shows that not all cognitive processes decline with age, that in fact some improve over the course of adulthood, and those that improve can often compensate for those that decline.  It turns out that the aging brain is very much alive, a remarkable example of life amp rsquo s ability to survive and adapt in increasingly challenging environments.    Chapters in this multidisciplinary volume examine structural and related functional changes in the aging brain, and the neural mechanisms underlying such changes age-related changes in learning and episodic memory risk and protective factors and the assessment and prevention of cognitive decline.   

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The target audience for this edited volume is researchers in the neuroscience and psychology of aging.... For the intended audience...this book makes an excellent contribution to knowledge.... Highly recommended. -- (12/17/2019)

Finalist in the 2020 PROSE Awards The target audience for this edited volume is researchers in the neuroscience and psychology of aging…. For the intended audience…this book makes an excellent contribution to knowledge…. Highly recommended. * Choice * Written by knowledgeable experts, this remarkably readable book provides a comprehensive overview of the best research on the aging brain, encompassing cognitive, emotional, social, and motivational processes. What sets this book apart from others, however, is a refreshingly contemporary emphasis on functional adaptation — the ability to cope, compensate, and continue to develop as the brain ages. -- Valerie F. Reyna, PhD, Lois and Melvin Tukman Professor; Director, Human Neuroscience Institute; Co-Director, Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY In this book, the authors emphasize strategies rather than abilities, which reflects a shift in thinking from age-related ""impairments"" to ""differences"" that might have multiple causes. They also provide timely and thoughtful discussions of neural compensation in aging and protective/moderating factors on age effects. -- Cheryl L. Grady, PhD, Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest; Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada This volume presents an important synthesis of what we know about the brain as people age. Contributors present thorough overviews and helpful calls for future research. A must-read for any researchers interested in memory over the lifespan. -- Eric J. Johnson, PhD, Norman Eig Professor of Business, and Director, Center for the Decision Sciences, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, NY

The target audience for this edited volume is researchers in the neuroscience and psychology of aging.... For the intended audience...this book makes an excellent contribution to knowledge.... Highly recommended. -- (12/17/2019) Finalist in the 2020 PROSE Awards

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Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University.  His research examines how individual and age differences in motivation and cognition influence decision making across the life span. This research is at the intersection of a number of subfields within psychology, neuroscience, and economics including human development, affective science, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral economics, and finance. He uses a combination of behavioral and neuroimaging techniques ranging from detailed measurement of functional brain activity (fMRI) and neuroreceptors (PET) in the laboratory to experience sampling in everyday life. Greg lives in Durham, NC. Visit www.mcablab.science, and follow GregoryRSL.  

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