Multiple Pathways of Cognitive Aging

Grzegorz Sedek is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Cognitive Studies (ICACS) at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland. He has published research on such topics as cognitive aging, subclinical depression, and learned helplessness.Thomas M. Hess is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at North Carolina State University and recipient of the APA Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award.. He has published extensively on cognitive and social cognitive functioning in adulthood.Dayna R. Touron is Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is Associate Editor of Experimental Aging Research and on the editorial boards of Psychology and Aging and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

• Section I: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction and Major ThemesThomas M. Hess, Grzegorz Sedek, and Dayna R. Touron Section II: Motivational Influences on Cognition in Older Adults Chapter 2: Subjective Perceptions of Cognitive Costs: Determinants and Impact on Motivation and EngagementThomas M. Hess Chapter 3: Motivated Memory for What Matters Most: How Older Adults (Selectively) Focus on Important Information and Events Using Schematic Support, Metacognition, and Meaningful GoalsMary C. Whatley, Dillon H. Murphy, Katie M. Silaj, & Alan D. Castel Chapter 4: Motivational Processes in Emotional AgingHannah Wolfe & Derek Isaacowitz Chapter 5: The Positivity Effect: A Review of Theories and Recent FindingsSarah J. Barber & Hyunji Kim Chapter 6: Stereotyping and Effort Mobilization in Older Age: The Role of Self-InvolvementGabriela Czarnek, Malgorzata Kossowska, & Michael Richter Chapter 7: Motivational Reserve: The Role of Motivational Processes in Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's DiseaseSimon Forstmeier, Myriam Verena Thoma, & Andreas Maercker Section III: Contextual Influences on Cognition and Compensatory Mechanisms in Aging Chapter 8: Social and Cultural Influences on Cognitive AgingAngela Gutchess, Nicole M. Rosa, & Danielle B. Schwartz Chapter 9: Why Do Some Older Adults Avoid Memory Retrieval When Acquiring a New Skill?Christopher Hertzog & Dayna R. Touron Chapter 10: Age Differences in Complex Decision Making and Judgment: The Role of Motivational Factors and Individual DifferencesKlara Rydzewska, Maciej Ko?cielniak, Bettina von Helversen, & Grzegorz Sedek Chapter 11: Motivation and the Social Context of Aging and Decision MakingJoNell Strough & Kelly Smith Chapter 12: Controlling the Wandering Mind: Spontaneous Thought Content Suggests Compensation for Cognitive DeclineDayna Touron Chapter 13: The Potential for Socially Integrated and Engaged Lifestyles to Support Cognitive Health With Aging: Precursors and PathwaysElizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow, Ted W. Worm, Aron K. Barbey, & Daniel G. Morrow Section IV: Maintenance of Cognitive Abilities and Modern Forms of Intervention Chapter 14: There Is Nothing Wrong with Cognitive Aging, and Here Is What to Do About ItPaul Verhaeghen Chapter 15: Cognitive Plasticity Induced in Older Adults by Cognitive Training, Physical Exercise and Combined InterventionsSoledad Ballesteros Chapter 16: Adapting Algorithms on the Web to Deal With Cognitive AgingRadoslaw Nielek, Justyna Pawlowska, Klara Rydzewska, & Adam Wierzbicki

This volume's overall approach should help readers parse aspects of cognition: memory, executive function, decision--making, judgment, and task performance.