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Advancing Behavioral and Social Research on Aging
An Introduction for Psychological Scientists
The workshop on Opportunities for Advancing Behavioral and Social Research on Aging: An Introduction for Psychological Scientists was held at the 2008 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention. The meeting was jointly organized by the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago (John Cacioppo, Director, and 2007-08 President of APS) and the Division of Behavioral and Social Research at the National Institute on Aging.
The workshop brought new and established psychological scientists up to date on emerging directions in behavioral and social science research on aging and provided strategic guidance on incorporating aging-relevant questions into their scientific research programs. The morning session, a workshop on Entering into Aging Research, featured presentations on grant writing for aging research, neuroimaging and the aging mind, and opportunities for secondary analysis of archived social and behavioral data on aging, featuring the Health and Retirement Study and MIDUS. The afternoon session, Emerging Perspectives in Psychological Research on Aging, featured a series of panel discussions and Q & A periods.
A review of the meeting can be found in the August 2008 APS Observer, Vol. 21, No. 7.
Financial support for this workshop was provided by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and the National Instiute on Aging.
Powerpoint Presentations from Workshop
Many of the presentation slides are available for personal education use only and therefore should not be distributed or reproduced.
Morning Session: Entering into Aging Research |
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How to Write a Successful Aging Grant Application to NIH (link) |
Fredda Blanchard Fields |
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Neuroimaging the Aging Mind (link) |
Scott Huettel |
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Panel on Opportunities for Secondary Analysis |
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Psychological Research with Secondary Aging Data: HRS Study (link) |
Jack McArdle |
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Integrative pathways to Health and Illness: The MIDUS Study (link) |
Burt Singer Carol Ryff |
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Health and Retirement Survey (link) |
David Weir |
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National Social Life Health and Aging Project (link) |
Linda Waite |
Afternoon Session: Emerging Perspectives in Psychological Research on Aging |
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Panel I: Integrative Research in Social & Personality Psychology of Aging |
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Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study (link) |
John Cacioppo |
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How Does Family Environment Affect Health Across the Lifespan? (link) |
Shelley Taylor |
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Other Panel Speakers |
Robert W. Levenson David Bennett Turhan Canli |
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Panel II: Advances in Cognitive Aging Research |
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Consensus and Controversies in Aging Cognition |
Tim Salthouse |
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Promising Directions in Cognitive Aging (link) |
Denise Park |
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Five Methodological Needs in Cognitive Aging Research (link) |
Jack McArdle |
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Temporal Horizons Influence Motivation Across Adulthood (link) |
Laura Castensen |
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Fitness & Cognitive Training: Influence on Neuropsychological & Brain Function (link) |
Art Kramer |
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Panel III: Psychology, Neuroscience, and Economics: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Toward Understanding Decision Making and Economic Behavior over the Lifespan |
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The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions Over the Lifecycle (link) |
David Laibson |
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Preference Construction, Loss Aversion, and Risk Taking in Aging (link) |
Elke Weber |
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Personality, Economic Behavior, and Aging (link) |
Brent Roberts |
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Other Panel Speakers |
Scott Huettel |
