Schumacher
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Current research project
| Title / Titel | Extreme old age research | ||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | The group of extreme old (85+)-year-olds is rapidly increasing in the next years and decades. Still, relatively little is known about the adaptive potentials and plasticity in extreme old age. This project aims at examining the developmental potentials of extreme old age. | ||||
| Publications / Publikationen | Martin, M. & Zöllig, J. (2009). Cognitive plasticity and training: Key issues at the intersection of behavioural and neurophysiological research. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 27(5), 371-373.Schumacher, V., & Martin, M. (2011). Psychologie der Hochaltrigkeit: Kognitive Entwicklung im hohen Alter [Psychology of extreme old age: Cognitive development in the oldest old]. In H. G. Petzold, E. Horn & L. Müller (Hrsg.), Hochaltrigkeit: Herausforderungen in Gegenwart und Zukunft biopsychosozialer Arbeit (S. 127-146). Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.Schumacher, V. & Martin, M. (2009). Comparing age effects in normally and extremely highly educated and intellectually engaged 65-80 year-olds: Potential protection from deficit through educational and intellectual activities across the lifespan. Current Aging Science, 2(3), 200-204.Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., & Martin, M. (2009). Cognitive plasticity. In V. Bengtson, M. Silverstein, N. Putney, & D. Gans (Eds.), Handbook of Theories of Aging (pp. 295-322). New York: Springer. | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | psychology, lifelong learning, aging, memory training, intervention, prevention | ||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career), SNF (Programm NFS/NCCR) |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 2008 to Dec 2014 |