Psychology of ageing

One of the "e;Best Books of 2011"e; from the Center for Optimal Adult DevelopmentThe fields of adult development and the study of learning have traditionally been considered separate, with development falling under psychology and learning under education.

Against the background of Socrates' insight that the unexamined life is not worth living, Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old investigates the often overlooked inside dimensions of aging.

The Elements of Cognitive Aging provides a qualitative overview (mostly using graphical meta-analysis) of the vast literature on aging and speeded tasks-bringing together, for the first time, almost everything we know about aging and processing speed.

In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different disciplines.

Adult cognitive development is one of the most important yet most neglected aspects in the study of human psychology.

The Politics of Autism investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge.

The Politics of Autism investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge.

The fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes.

The fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes.

Adult cognitive development is one of the most important yet most neglected aspects in the study of human psychology.

Wisdom Mind is a scientifically tested mindfulness program for older adults - those who are cognitively healthy, as well as those who may be experiencing what is referred to as subjective cognitive decline.

Wisdom Mind is a scientifically tested mindfulness program for older adults - those who are cognitively healthy, as well as those who may be experiencing what is referred to as subjective cognitive decline.

The number of people working in the field of clinical psychology has expanded significantly in recent years.

The number of people working in the field of clinical psychology has expanded significantly in recent years.

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age.

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age.

Due to improvements in health and healthcare, the elderly population is expanding rapidly within the developed world.

Due to improvements in health and healthcare, the elderly population is expanding rapidly within the developed world.

Throughout the world, the population of older adults continues to grow.

Throughout the world, the population of older adults continues to grow.

Science-based facts, medical and legal advice and practical wisdom from elders to finding joy, vitality and purpose in growing older.

Healthy ageing has long been a neglected area of epidemiological research as the traditional focus has been on specific chronic diseases of older life.

Healthy ageing has long been a neglected area of epidemiological research as the traditional focus has been on specific chronic diseases of older life.

Creative Team Work describes a new way of doing rapid ethnography to capture the rich complexity and contradictions of social relations.

Creative Team Work describes a new way of doing rapid ethnography to capture the rich complexity and contradictions of social relations.

We aspire to live in a country where old men are celebrated as vital elders but not demeaned if they become ill and dependent.

We aspire to live in a country where old men are celebrated as vital elders but not demeaned if they become ill and dependent.

Evidence Based Treatment with Older Adults: Theory, Practice, and Research provides a detailed examination of five research-supported psychosocial interventions for use with older adults: cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, life review/reminiscence, problem solving therapy, and psychoeducational/social support approaches.

This second edition of the popular Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging provides up-to-date coverage of the most fundamental topics in this discipline.

This second edition of the popular Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging provides up-to-date coverage of the most fundamental topics in this discipline.

It is no exaggeration to say that motivational interviewing (MI) has transformed the culture of clinical practice and the way healthcare practitioners and researchers understand behavior change.

It is no exaggeration to say that motivational interviewing (MI) has transformed the culture of clinical practice and the way healthcare practitioners and researchers understand behavior change.

Decline in our physical and mental abilities may be due to injury, illness, or chronic pain, or may simply be the results of normal aging.

Decline in our physical and mental abilities may be due to injury, illness, or chronic pain, or may simply be the results of normal aging.

We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights.

We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights.

In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different disciplines.

Against the background of Socrates' insight that the unexamined life is not worth living, Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old investigates the often overlooked inside dimensions of aging.

Age is an important number, but it can also be deceiving.

Age is an important number, but it can also be deceiving.

Evidence Based Treatment with Older Adults: Theory, Practice, and Research provides a detailed examination of five research-supported psychosocial interventions for use with older adults: cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, life review/reminiscence, problem solving therapy, and psychoeducational/social support approaches.

Traditional training in counseling and psychotherapy makes minimal distinctions on the ages of the client and therapist in the treatment process.

Traditional training in counseling and psychotherapy makes minimal distinctions on the ages of the client and therapist in the treatment process.

Dementia is the most significant health issue facing our aging population.

Dementia is the most significant health issue facing our aging population.

Amal Awad's life changed when her father was diagnosed with kidney failure.

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Aging and Creativity examines the effects of aging on creative functioning, including age-related changes in cognition, personality, and motivation that affect performance or output.

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Ninth Edition tackles both the biological and environmental influences on behavior and the reciprocal interface between changes in the brain and behavior that span the adult lifespan.