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I.  Frontiers in Cognitive Aging

 

Roger A. Dixon (University of Alberta) and Lars-Göran Nilsson (Stockholm University)

Don’t Fence Us In: Probing the Frontiers of Cognitive Aging

 

 

II. New Theoretical Orientations in Cognitive Aging

 

Denise Park (University of Illinois) and Meredith Minear (University of Michigan)

Cognitive Aging: New Directions for Old Theories

 

Christopher Hertzog (Georgia Tech)

Does Longitudinal Evidence Confirm Theories of Cognitive Aging Derived from Cross-sectional Data?

 

David F. Hultsch (University of Victoria) and Stuart MacDonald (Karolinska Institute)

Intraindividual Variability in Performance as a Theoretical Window onto Cognitive Aging

 

Leah Light (Pitzer College)

Commentary: Measures, Constructs, Models, and Inferences about Aging

 

 

III. New Directions in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging

 

Naftali Raz (Wayne State University)

The Aging Brain: Structural Changes and their Implications for Cognitive Aging

 

Lars Nyberg (Umeå University) and Lars Bäckman (Karolinska Institute)

Cognitive Aging: A View from Brain Imaging

 

Lars Bäckman (Karolinska Institute), Brent J. Small (University of South Florida), and

Laura Fratiglioni (Karolinska Institute)

Cognitive Deficits in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

 

Roberto Cabeza (Duke University)

Commentary: Neuroscience Frontiers of Cognitive Aging: Approaches to Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging

 

 

IV. Frontiers of Biological and Health Effects in Cognitive Aging

 

Ulman Lindenberger (Max Planck Institute) and Paolo Ghisletta (University of Geneva)

Modeling Longitudinal Changes in Old Age: From Covariance Structures to Dynamic Systems

 

Helen Christensen (Australian National Uniiversity) and Andrew Mackinnon (Monash University)

Exploring the Relationships between Sensory, Physiological, Genetic, and Health Measures in Relation to the Common Cause Hypothesis

 

Nancy L. Pedersen (Karolinska Institute)

New Frontiers in Genetic Influences on Cognitive Aging

 

Agneta Herlitz (Karolinska Institute) and Julie E. Yonker (University of Cincinnati)

Hormonal Effects on Cognition in Adults

 

Åke Wahlin (Karolinska Institute)

Health, Disease, and Cognitive Functioning in Old Age

 

Peter Graf (University of British Columbia)

Commentary: Broadening the Context of Cognitive Aging

 

Paul Verhaeghen (Syracuse University)

Commentary: Framing Fearful (A)symmetries: Three Hard Questions About Cognitive Aging

 

 

V.  Final Frontiers? : New Research Directions, Perspectives, and Imperatives

 

Daniel B. Berch (NICHHD) and Molly V. Wagster (National Institute on Aging)

Future Directions in Cognitive Aging Research: Perspectives from the National Institute on Aging

 

 

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