Cognitive Aging
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2019) | Viewed by 22797
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Given the global demographic shift towards an older aged population, there is a pressing need to understand how aging affects cognition. This Special Issue aims to highlight research investigating the fundamental processes and mechanisms underlying neural and cognitive changes associated with aging.
Contributions are encouraged that provide a bridge between cognitive ability and brain function across the lifespan. We invite submissions that feature research in the area of memory, language, attention, perception, or emotion, with a focus on emphasizing the mechanisms underlying cognitive changes. Studies are invited that a) describe the cognitive behaviours differentially affected by aging, b) present novel ways of assessing physiological and/or cognitive performance, c) explore ways of changing those affected behaviours, or d) present methods to target and ameliorate deficits associated with aging.
Studies are invited that use either cognitive or neiroimaging methods, and technology, that will further our understanding of cognitive aging.
Dr. Myra Fernandes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cognition
- aging
- memory
- attention
- encoding strategies
- fMRI
- neuroimaging
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