PPT-Aging and Cognition:

Maintaining Economic Security in Later Life Monday May 9 2016 Tuesday May 10 2016 The Inn at Penn Philadelphia PA WIFI HiltonMtg 2016 Philadelphia Symposium on Aging Robert A Kerzner. Ipsit V. Vahia, M.D.. Stein Institute for Research on Aging. Department of Psychiatry. University of California, San Diego. disclosures. Travel Support from the John A. Hartford Foundation and the UCSD Stein Institute for Research on Aging. . Kelly K. McCoy, Psy.D.. Neuropsychologist. War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. Washington, DC VA Medical Center. “Historically, it is often the physical manifestations of a brain disorder that are the first to be described in the scientific literature and to be clinically treated. Some decades later, the cognitive impairments are recognized. Yet, it is the emotional and behavioral changes that are the most significant barriers to effective functioning in family, in work, in school and in other settings.” (Judd, 1999). Cognition Questions. Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating?. Split Interviews:. How often do you have difficulty remembering important things?. . Thinking about the last time you had difficulty remembering important things, how much difficulty did you have?. Evidence . for Gene-Environment . Interplay. Terrie . Vasilopoulos. University . of . Chicago. Demography Workshop. 01/10/13. Cognitive. . performance across the lifespan. Hedden & Gabrieli (2004) . Phone: 515-294 related declines in these domains. This definitional imprecision has led to controversy and confusion in the field, with researchers adopting different operational criteria for what co Lifespan. University of West GA . Kimberly Sheppard. Problem: Cognition Decline in Older Adults. In 2010 the Alzheimer's Association stated that the total estimated cost per year for the care of patients with dementia reached $172 . Kelly K. McCoy, Psy.D.. Neuropsychologist. War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. Washington, DC VA Medical Center. “Historically, it is often the physical manifestations of a brain disorder that are the first to be described in the scientific literature and to be clinically treated. Some decades later, the cognitive impairments are recognized. Yet, it is the emotional and behavioral changes that are the most significant barriers to effective functioning in family, in work, in school and in other settings.” (Judd, 1999). : . Thinking. Unit III Developmental Psychology. Introducing the “DESIGNATED UNIT…”. Marshmallow Challenge. What to . do:. Build the tallest freestanding structure:. the winning team is the one that has the tallest structure measured from the . Reconciling Aging With HIV Introduction How Is the Epidemiology of HIV Changing in the Context of Aging? People Living With Diagnosed HIV, 2015 Noncommunicable Comorbidities in PLWHIV ≥ 45 Years Old Cognition Revealed by Eye Movements in Physics Problem-Solving Betsy Olson REU Final Presentation July 27, 2012 Motivation Theory Experimental Setup Results / Work to Come Limitations Discussion Acknowledgments Neil . DeGrass. Tyson on Human Intelligence. The Astonishing Hypothesis. “You, . your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated . Jessica Salvatore,. Sindhuja. Sankaran &. Dazané. Cole. 2. Background. “I . really. have a point . to. prove but . it. . can. . become. a . mental. . problem. . if. . you. . think. . Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating?. Split Interviews:. How often do you have difficulty remembering important things?. . Thinking about the last time you had difficulty remembering important things, how much difficulty did you have?. Ruthie Miller. THREE-MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION. 01. What is subjective age?. What patterns does it follow over the lifespan? . 02. Rubin & Berntsen, 2006. 03. What relation does it have to cognition?.