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Considering the Relationship Between Biological Aging and Cognitive Aging

Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology: The Aging Brain. Volume 2. Paola S. Timiras and E. Edward Bittar (Eds.). 1997. Greenwich, CT: Jai Press Inc. 368 pp., $112.50 (hb), $72.50 (pb).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1999

Judith Saxton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Abstract

The psychological and neuropsychological changes of aging and dementia have been a topic of study for decades, if not centuries. It is only more recently, however, that technological changes have allowed the biological processes triggering the changes of aging to be uncovered. The overlap between these two sciences, the relationship between cognitive aging and the study of biological aging, is an emerging area of research. The study of aging, however, is confounded by the close association between aging and the development of particular diseases. Older people are far more likely than young people to suffer from multiple illnesses. Furthermore, older people are far more vulnerable to specific types of diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and dementia. The relationship between the onset of the aging process and the development of dementing disorders such as Alzheimer's disease is of particular interest.

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Copyright
© 1999 The International Neuropsychological Society

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