Cognitive and biological ageing has become a fast-growing and
dynamic area of study and research, and the scale of this
acceleration in growth makes this new four-volume collection in the
Psychology Press Major Works series, Critical Concepts in
Psychology, especially timely.
A primary question is why we and all other complex animals and
plants age, a question studied mainly by biologists, and Volume I (
Biological Bases of Ageing ) includes key research on models for
ethological and evolutionary ageing. It also takes full account of
the body of work on the genetics of animal and human ageing and on
genes that directly cause, or that interact with environmental
influences to cause, individual differences in the rate of
age-related changes.
A quite distinct field of research has been the development of
models for cognitive changes in the brain that are based entirely
on behavioural evidence. Volume II ( Cognitive Ageing ) gathers
together the most important work on the search for the
neuropsychological bases of cognitive ageing and in so doing helps
to make sense of the rapid growth of developments in this area.
The third volume in this collection ( Relating Cognitive Ageing
to Brain Ageing ) makes available the most significant recent
research on how the amounts and time-courses of gross age-related
changes in local areas of the brain affect cotemporaneous global
and local changes in cognitive performance.
Finally, the material collected in Volume IV ( The Effects of
Health, Demographics and Social Conditions on Rates of Change in
Old Age: Interpreting Data from Large Studies ) examines how the
methodology of longitudinal studies and cross-sectional studies
affects the conclusions that can be reached from each and explores
recent statistical models to analyse complex data sets.
With comprehensive introductions to each volume, newly written
by the editor, which places the collected material in historical
and scientific context, Psychology of Ageing is destined to be a
vital work of reference. It will also be valued by scholars,
students, and practitioners as a primary research resource.
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