Cognitive and Affective Changes in Later Life

Kenneth Adams          &          Linas Bieliauskas
University of Michigan              University of Michigan

Dr. Adams will be teaching the first two weeks of this course and Dr. Bieliauskas the last two weeks.

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Course Description:
This course will cover changes in cognitive abilities and personality with aging, and how they are measured.  Differences in theories of cognitive aging will be explored, including speed-of-processing changes, the frontal aging hypothesis, and the executive function aging hypothesis.  The relationship between depression and cognitive ability with aging will be emphasized.
   Reading List

A list of preparatory reading materials for the course:
(additional materials will be distributed as a coursepack)


Carroll, J.B. (1993) Human Cognitive Abilities. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Lezak, M. (1995). Neuropsychological Assessment (3rd Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Mitrushina. M., Boone, K.B., & D’Elia L.F. (1999) Handbook of Normative Data for Neuropsychological Assessment. New York: Oxford University Press

Spreen, O., & Strauss, E. (1999). A Compendium of Neuropsychological Tests (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.