Experiencing decline in one's cognitive abilities is among the most feared aspects of
growing old [53]. Age-related cognitive decline carries a huge personal, societal, and …

With an ever increasing population of aging people in the western world, it is more crucial
than ever that we try to understand how and why cognitive competence breaks down with …

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 …

Aging can have diverse effects on cognitive function. For many people, aging is associated
with relatively little cognitive decline (“healthy” or “successful” aging). For some, memory …

Age-associated cognitive decline or normal (nonpathological, normative, usual) cognitive
aging has been found to be an inevitable part of increased age in humans and differs in …

Older adults are an important and rapidly growing segment of the population. Longer life
expectancy unfortunately raises the risk of neurodegeneration and cognitive decline due to …

Aging is a manifold of universal biological processes that, with passage of time, profoundly
alter anatomy, neurochemistry, and physiology of all organisms. Although no organs or …

Clearly, the description and explanation of cognitive decrements with aging is the domain of
cognitive neuroscience, not of functional-level cognitive science. Nope! Not so fast! say …

What happens to the cognitive system as we get older? There are some common age-
related stereotypes which suggest that older adults are slower at performing many tasks and …

World population is aging rapidly. Normal aging is associated with a decline in cognitive
abilities. We need to better understand the trajectory of cognitive changes during normal and …