The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Aging: A Life Course Perspective

796 Pages·2020·33.55 MB·English

by  Ayanna K. Thomas (editor), Angela Gutchess (editor)

TheCambridgeHandbookofCognitiveAging
Decadesofresearchhavedemonstratedthatnormalagingisaccompanied
by cognitive change. Much of this change has been conceptualized as
adeclineinfunction.However,age-relatedchangesarenotuniversal,and
decrementsinolderadultperformancemaybemoderatedbyexperience,
genetics,andenvironmentalfactors.Cognitiveagingresearchtodatehas
alsolargelyemphasizedbiologicalchangesinthebrain,withlessevalua-
tionoftherangeofexternalcontributorstobehavioralmanifestationsof
age-related decrements in performance. This handbook provides
a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge cognitive aging research
throughthe lens of a life course perspective that takes into account both
behavioral and neural changes. Focusing on the fundamental principles
thatcharacterizealifecourseapproach–genetics,earlylifeexperiences,
motivation, emotion, social contexts, and lifestyle interventions – this
handbook is an essential resource for researchers in cognition, aging,
andgerontology.
ayannak.thomasisProfessorofPsychologyatTuftsUniversity.She
takes a translational approach to the study of memory and age-related
changes in cognition byapplying basic science findings to areas such as
eyewitnessmemory,education,andcognitiveaging.
angela gutchess is Associate Professor of Psychology at Brandeis
University,withappointmentsintheNeuroscienceProgramandtheVolen
Center for Complex Systems. Her research investigates the influence of
age and culture on memory and social cognition, using behavioral, neu-
roimaging (fMRI), electrophysiological (EEG), and patient research
methods.
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The Cambridge Handbook
of Cognitive Aging
A Life Course Perspective
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Ayanna K. Thomas
TuftsUniversity,Massachusetts
Angela Gutchess
BrandeisUniversity,Massachusetts
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Contents
ListofFigures pageix
ListofTables xi
ListofContributors xii
1
Introduction
PartI ModelsofCognitiveAging 3
1 OverviewofModelsofCognitiveAging 5
nancy a. dennis, angela gutchess, and ayanna k. thomas
2 CognitiveReserve 32
eleanna varangis andyaakovstern
3 HowAge-RelatedChangesintheBrainAffectCognition 47
anders m.fjell and kristine b. walhovd
4 NeuroadaptiveTrajectoriesofHealthyMindspan:From
GenestoNeuralNetworks 62
peter r. rapp, cristina ban˜uelos, and craig myrum
5 CognitiveAging:TheRoleofNeurotransmitterSystems 82
anna rieckmann and lars nyberg
6 HowArousal-RelatedNeurotransmitterSystems
CompensateforAge-RelatedDecline 101
mara mather
PartI Summary 121
ayanna k. thomas
PartII MechanismsofCognitiveAging 125
7 AgingEffectsonBrainandCognition:WhatDoWeLearn
fromaStrategyPerspective? 127
thomashinault and patricklemaire
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8 InhibitoryTheory:Assumptions,Findings,andRelevanceto
Interventions 147
lynn hasher and karen l. campbell
9 FromPerceptiontoAction:Bottom-UpandTop-Down
InfluencesonAgeDifferencesinAttention 161
cindy lustig and hyesue jang
10 Age-RelatedSensoryDeficitsandTheirConsequences 179
jonathan e. peelle
11 EpisodicMemoryDeclineinAging 200
audrey duarte and michael r. dulas
12 AgeDifferencesinDecisionMaking
jonell strough, wa¨ndibruinede bruin, 218
and jenna m. wilson
13 EmotionandMemory 236
elizabetha.kensinger,jaclynford,andryant.daley
14 TimePerceptionfromSecondstoLifetimes:How
PerceivedTimeAffectsAdultDevelopment
hsiao-wen liao, sabine hommelhoff, and laura 254
l. carstensen
PartII Summary 273
krystal r. leger and angela gutchess
PartIII AginginaSocioemotionalContext 279
15 MemoryandAginginSocialContexts
michelle l. meade, vladimir a. perga, and katherine 281
m. hart
16 EmotionRegulationinAdulthoodandOldAge:ACognitive
AgingPerspectiveonStrategyUseandEffectiveness 299
kathryn l. ossenfort and derek m. isaacowitz
17 ChangesinSocialandEmotionalWell-Beingover
theLifespan 315
anne c. krendl
18 AgingandCognitiveFunctioning:TheImpact
ofGoalsandMotivation 332
thomas m. hess
19 SocialRelationshipsandCognitiveDevelopmentinAdulthood
karen l. fingerman, meng huo, yee to ng, and steven 350
h. zarit
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20 EmotionRecognitionandAgingoftheSocialBrain 367
ted ruffman and ryan sutcliffe
21 NarrativeandIdentity:TheImportanceofOurPersonal
PastinLaterLife 383
gerben j. westerhof, nicole alea, and susan bluck
22 StereotypeThreatandtheCognitivePerformance
ofOlderAdults 400
sarah j. barber and kristy lui
PartIII Summary 417
isabelle moore and angela gutchess
PartIV Cognitive,Social,andBiologicalFactors
acrosstheLifespan 421
23 PrenatalInfluencesonCognitiveAging 423
susanne r. de rooij
24 AssociationsbetweenActivityParticipationacross
theLifeCourseandCognitiveAging 440
alan j. gow
25 CognitiveAgingandCulture:OlderBrainPredictions
aboutDifferentEnvironments 457
yu-shiang su and joshua oon soo goh
26 CurrentPerspectivesonAgingandBilingualismacross
theLifeSpan
angela grant, kristina coulter, and 480
natalie phillips
27 GritandSuccessfulAging 499
emma rhodes and tania giovannetti
28 ControlandCognition:ContextualandIndividual
DifferencesinCognitiveAging 514
shevaun d. neupert and jennifer a. bellingtier
29 CognitionandWell-BeingacrossAdulthoodandOldAge 532
johanna drewelies and denisgerstorf
30 TheGeneticsofCognitiveAbilities 552
goran papenberg and lars ba¨ckman
31 BloodBiomarkersofCognitiveHealthandNeurodegenerative
Disease
mark mapstone, thomas j. gross, sudhakar raja
subramaniam, massimo s. fiandaca, and howard 568
j. federoff
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PartIV Summary 587
nathaniel rabb and ayanna k. thomas
PartV LaterLifeandInterventions 591
32 CerebrovascularDisease,Aging,andDepression:
ClinicalFeatures,Pathophysiology,andTreatment 593
faith gunning and abhishek jaywant
33 TheRoleofNutritioninCognitiveDecline
berna rahi, cyrusa. raji, somayeh meysami, 612
and david merrill
34 TheRoleofSleepinCognitiveAging 628
taylor terlizzeseand michaelk. scullin
35 TheRelationshipbetweenAccelerometer-Derived
MetricsofPhysicalActivityandCognitionamong
OlderAdults 645
nicole j. hegberg, sheena dev, and scott m. hayes
36 FarTransferandCognitiveTraining:Examination
ofTwoHypothesesonMechanisms 666
pamela m. greenwood
37 MaximizingtheImpactofCognitiveEngagement
InterventionsforOlderAdults 685
rachel wu and george w. rebok
38 MobilityandCognitiveDeclineinOlderAdultswithCognitive
Impairment
caroline ward, emily touchet, elizabeth marfeo, 701
and nathan ward
39 CurrentandEmergingTechnologiesforSupporting
SuccessfulAging 717
wendy a. rogers, kenneth a. blocker, and lucile dupuy
PartV Summary 737
rene´e decaro and ayanna k. thomas
Index 743
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Figures
1.1 Functionaldeactivations:Changewithageanddementia
oftheAlzheimertype. page15
1.2 Thescaffoldingtheoryofagingandcognition
(STAC)–revised. 17
1.3 Globalanddomain-specificchangesincognitionthroughout
adulthood. 20
2.1 BrainreserveinADandhealthyaging. 34
2.2 CognitivereserveinADandhealthyaging. 35
4.1 Howdifferentconceptualizationsofvariabilityincognitive
agingmightmapontounderlyingconstellationsofneurobiological
change. 66
4.2 Theoreticallongitudinaltrajectoriesthatmightresultinincreased
variabilityincognitiveaging. 76
5.1 Schematicoverviewofmajorneurotransmitterpathways. 85
5.2 Amphetaminebenefitsolderadultsonanupdatingworking
memorytask. 89
7.1 Event-relatedpotentialsassociatedwithsmall-splitandlarge-split
problemsincentralsitesofthescalpforyoungandolderadults
duringarithmeticproblemverificationtasks. 130
7.2 Strategyinterferenceeffectsoncurrentproblems(performance
withthepoorerminuswiththebetterstrategy)inyoung
andolderadults,overall,orasafunctionofwhetherthepoorer
orthebetterstrategywasexecutedontheimmediatelypreceding
problems. 137
7.3 CorticalactivationsrevealedbyMEGoncurrentproblems
in(A)youngand(B)olderadults,duringtheexecutionofapoorer
strategy,asafunctionofwhetherthepoorerorthebetterstrategy
wasexecutedontheimmediatelyprecedingproblems. 138
9.1 Therelationshipbetweendemandsfortop-downcontrol
andcompensationsuccess. 167
10.1 (a)Thehumanauditorysystem;(b)Thepatternofhigh-frequency
hearinglosscommonlyseeninolderadulthood;(c)Anexample
ofage-relatedchangeinthefrequency-followingresponse. 180
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10.2 Aframeworkforcognitivedemandsduringspeechunderstanding. 185
13.1 Processescontributingtoemotionalmemoryencoding. 237
13.2 Amodelforhowemotioncontinuestoinfluencethewayevents
arebroughtbacktomindatthemomentofretrieval. 243
20.1 Percentageofyoungandolderadultsineachofthefourquartiles
foremotionrecognition. 368
22.1 Stereotypethreateffectsonolderandyoungeradults’memory. 402
23.1 Overviewofbrainreservecapacity(BRC)modelshowing
increasedriskforcognitivedeclineanddementiadisorders. 425
23.2 Conceptualmodelfortherelationbetweenprenatalfactors
andcognitiveaging. 431
24.1 Exemplarofdevelopmentaltrendsofcognitiveabilitiesacross
adulthood. 441
24.2 Differentialpreservationversuspreserveddifferentiationin
activity-cognitionassociations. 446
26.1 Exampleofinteractiveactivationintransmissiondeficittheory. 484
26.2 Thebilinguallanguageinteractionnetworkforcomprehension
ofspeech(BLINCS)model. 489
29.1 Overarchingconceptualmodelthatdynamicallylinksfunctioning
anddevelopmentacrossadulthoodandoldageinthedomains
ofcognitionandwell-being. 534
30.1 Heritabilityofgeneralmemorybasedonforty-fivestudies. 553
30.2 ModificationofAPOEeffectsonexecutivefunctioning
byCOMTandBDNF. 557
30.3 Epigeneticmechanismofdeoxyribonucleicacid(DNA)
methylation. 560
31.1 Distributionofcognitiveperformance. 573
34.1 Age-relatedchangesinpolysomnography-measuredsleep
fragmentation(a)andsleepstages(b). 630
39.1 PersonaofSimone,aseventy-eight-year-oldwoman,illustrating
herinterests,needs,andgoals. 722
39.2 PersonaofRobert,asixty-eight-year-oldman,illustratinghis
interests,needs,andgoals. 723
39.3 AjointpersonaforSharon(84)andGene(81),amarriedcouple,
illustratingtheirinterests,needs,andgoals. 723
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