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| Springboard Press, 2007, $24.99 (U.S.)
The authors discuss seven pscyhological attributes that affect how people deal with retirement. They provide quizzes to help the reader place him/herself along each of these dimensions, and discuss the relevance of different results. |
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| Penn Population Aging Research Center, September 2009, Free
http://repository.upenn.edu/parc_working_papers/27/
Zurlo shows a correlation between a general sense of control and also a sense of control over one’s finances, on the one hand, with a sense of financial well-being, on the other hand. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=2008-19072-010
The authors find that playing video games can improve executive control functions, such as task switching, working memory, visual short-term memory, and reasoning in older adults. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=2008-19072-008
The authors found that memory training had an immediate, positive effect on the ability of elderly people to remember, but also that the effect was not long-lasting. |
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| http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/64A/12/1275
Carlson et al find positive support for use-dependent brain plasticity in later life. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=2008-19072-003
Green and Bavelier focus on characteristics of training regimens that may be responsible for augmented learning, including the manner in which task difficulty is progressed, the motivational state of the learner, and the type of feedback the training provides. |
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| RAND Corporation, October 2009, Free
http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/2009/RAND_WR711.pdf
Noting that retirement can lead to a less stimulating daily environment as well as a reduced incentive to engage in mentally stimulating activities, the authors present data indicating that early retirement has a significant negative impact on the cognitive ability of people in their early 60s. |
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| Van Pelt discusses the importance of brain exercise, and reviews some of the more widely used methods. |
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| http://www.agingwellmag.com/archive/020110p22.shtml, Free
Van Pelt explores recent interest in, and growing skepticism about, the use of challenging mental games to help promote brain fitness. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=2008-13050-005
The authors find that older adults exhibit more overconfidence in decision-making, but may compensate for it with greater knowledge. |
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| http://www.aiflp.org/pdfs/IntegrativeAdviserNo0102.pdf
Analyzes recent literature, concluding that decision-making powers probably do get worse for some other-wise normal seniors. More research is needed on both the magnitude and tim-ing of age impaired decision-making as well as developing ways to cope with the impairment. |
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| Pew Research Center, September 25, 2008
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/967/gender-power
Morin and Cohn's report shows that in married couples women tend to make more of the decisions, including financial ones. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2008-13050-018
Older adults demonstrated a distinct preference for fewer choices than younger adults, in six different domains tested by the authors. |
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| Seymour and Dolan suggest that influences that are often assumed to be emotional are actually Pavlovian responses that reflect prior experience, and that their influence in making economic decisions may be more beneficial than harmful. |
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| http://www.springerlink.com/content/m732r10050300047/?p=0e390451d64247feb2dd28382851974b&pi=36
The authors argue that the use of “substituted judgment” where advance directives have not been provided is “insurmountably flawed” and that alternatives (of which they suggest two) should be considered. |
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