Genetic and lifestyle factors contribute to cognitive ageing. However, the extent to which the
public attribute changes in thinking skills to either genetic or lifestyle factors is largely …

Cognitive aging has been the target of both prevention and intervention approaches aiming
to help older adults maintain cognitive vitality for as long a period as possible. Prevention …

A third of those over 80 years of age are likely to have dementia, the lack of a cure requires
efforts directed at prevention and delaying the age of onset. We argue here for the …

Cognitive function is shaped by factors operating across the whole of life, with implications
for the accumulation of cognitive reserve [1], and the development of mastery and wisdom …

Advances in the scientific understanding of the aging brain have led to the concept of
cognitive aging. Physicians lag in their understanding of cognitive aging, and the public fear …

Neuroscience provides valuable insights into the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive
aging and how cognitive learning can promote healthy aging. Cognitive assessment plays a …

The natural history of life span cognitive performance and its late‐life determinants have
been studied from an array of perspectives. Significant insights come from psychological …

There is a new urgency to measure subtle age-related cognitive dysfunction with discoveries
that amyloid pathology afflicts the brain 20 years before Alzheimer's dementia and more …

The purpose of The Handbook of Aging and Cognition is to provide a comprehensive
evaluation of the current state of research in areas as diverse as the new field of functional …