Table of Contents

Contributors
I. Theory-Driven Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Strategies in Older Adults
1: Paul Verhaeghen: The Interplay of Growth and Decline: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects of Plasticity of Intellectual and Memory Performance in Normal Old Age
2: Robert D. Hill and Lars Bäckman: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Memory Training
3: Michael K. Gardner et al.: Cognitive Skill Acquisition, Maintenance, and Transfer in the Elderly
II. Cognitive Rehabilitation Strategies in Normal Aging
4: Anna Stigsdotter Neely: Multifactorial Memory Training in Normal Aging: In Search of Memory Improvement beyond the Ordinary
5: Robin L. West, Duana C. Welch, and Monica S. Yassuda: Innovative Approaches to Memory Training for Older Adults
6: Margie E. Lachman: Promoting a Sense of Control over Memory Aging
III. The Influence of Health and Health Behaviors on the Rehabilitation of Cognitive Processes in Late Life
7: Charles F. Emery: The Role of Physical Exercise as a Rehabilitative Aid for Cognitive Loss in Healthy and Chronically Ill Older Adults
8: Robert D. Hill and Karen Rothballer Seelert: Smoking and Cognitive Function: Issues in Cognitive Rehabilitation
9: Jeffrey W. Elias and Julia E. Treland: Executive Function and Cognitive Rehabilitation
10: Nancy A. Pachana, Bernice A. Marcopulos, and Kellie A. Takagi: The Influence of Depression on Cognitive Rehabilitation in Older Adults
IV. Rehabilitation Strategies for Cognitive Loss in Age-Related Disease
11: Thomas Schenkenberg and Patrick J. Miller: Issues in the Clinical Evaluation of Suspected Dementia: Implications for Intervention
12: Cameron J. Camp, Michael J. Bird, and Katie E. Cherry: Retrieval Strategies as a Rehabilitation Aid for Cognitive Loss in Pathological Aging
13: Michael Bird: Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Problems Arising from Cognitive Deficits in Dementia
14: Clive Skilbeck: Strategies for the Rehabilitation of Cognitive Loss in Late Life Due to Stroke
Index

Reviews

"The authors provide a comprehensive overview of important topics"--Annals, March 2001
"Gerontologists and psychologists explore concepts that could aid research into intervening to reverse or slow cognitive deficits resulting from old age, and the application of specific cognitive training strategies in natural settings. They look at theoretical principles, rehabilitation strategies in normal and pathological aging, and the interplay between lifestyle patterns and cognitive function. The study is addressed to both researchers and
practitioners."--SciTech Book News, June 2000
"The authors provide a comprehensive overview of important topics"--Annals, March 2001
"Gerontologists and psychologists explore concepts that could aid research into intervening to reverse or slow cognitive deficits resulting from old age, and the application of specific cognitive training strategies in natural settings. They look at theoretical principles, rehabilitation strategies in normal and pathological aging, and the interplay between lifestyle patterns and cognitive function. The study is addressed to both researchers and
practitioners."--SciTech Book News, June 2000