Aging. Biology and Behavior

Content: 
AGING, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
COMMITTEE ON AGING, Page v
List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Pages xix-xx
Foreword, Pages xv-xvii, JAMES G. MARCH
chapter 1 - Overview on Aging: Some Biomedical, Social, and Behavioral Perspectives, Pages 1-8, ROBERT N. BUTLER
chapter 2 - Longevity in Primates, Pages 11-29, SHERWOOD L. WASHBURN
chapter 3 - Life-Span Extension, Pages 31-76, RICHARD G. CUTLER
chapter 4 - Environment and Biology in Aging: Some Epidemiological Notions, Pages 77-96, MERVYN SUSSER
chapter 5 - Some Economic Implications of Life-Span Extension, Pages 97-114, LAURENCE J. KOTLIKOFF
chapter 6 - Old Age in Tzintzuntzan, Mexico, Pages 115-137, GEORGE M. FOSTER
chapter 7 - The Neurobiological Basis of Age-Related Changes in Neuronal Connectivity, Pages 141-157, WILLIAM BONDAREFF
chapter 8 - Experience and the Changing Brain, Pages 159-200, WILLIAM T. GREENOUGH, EDWARD J. GREEN
chapter 9 - Aging and Brain Plasticity, Pages 201-228, GARY LYNCH, SARA GERLING
chapter 10 - Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly: Influence of Physical Health, Pages 231-253, JOANNE STEUER, LISSY F. JARVIK
chapter 11 - Old Age: An Artifact?, Pages 255-281, ELLEN J. LANGER
chapter 12 - The Function of Denial in Stress, Coping, and Aging, Pages 283-307, RICHARD S. LAZARUS, GLORIA Y. GOLDEN
chapter 13 - Life Changes and Disease in Elderly Populations: Coping with Change, Pages 311-327, WILLIAM A. SATARIANO, S. LEONARD SYME
chapter 14 - Social Stress and Mental Disorders in the Elderly, Pages 329-343, DAN G. BLAZER
chapter 15 - Some Psychosocial Influences on the Health Status of the Elderly: The Perspective of Social Epidemiology, Pages 345-385, STANISLAV V. KASL, LISA F. BERKMAN
appendix A - Biology and Behavior of the Elderly June 22–24, 1979, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Pages 387-388
appendix B - Reviewers, Pages 389-390
Author Index, Pages 391-401
Subject Index, Pages 403-407