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Part I: Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging 1. Concepts and theory in the psychology of aging Roger Dixon, University of Alberta 2. Methodology, attrition, meta-analysis and data imputation Emilio Ferrer, University of California at Davis 3. Historical influences on aging and behavior K. Warner Schaie, University of Washington Part II. Neuroscience, cognition and aging 4. Executive function and cognitive aging Mary Lucscz, Flinders University 5. Structural imaging and cognitive aging Karen Rodrigue and Kristen Kennedy, U of Texas at Dallas6. Cognitive aging and neurogenetics William Kremen, UCSD and Michael Lyons, Boston University 7. Neuroplasticity of cognitive function with age Denise Park, University of Texas at Dallas 8. Memory: Normal and pathological changes with age Lars Nyberg, University of Umea and Lars Bäckman, Karolinska Institutet 9. Complex decision making Ellen Peters, Decision Research and University of Oregon 10. Cognitive interventions Elizabeth Stein-Morrow, University of Illinois Part III: Social and Health Factors that Impact Aging11. Control, health and aging Margie Lachman, Bradndeis University 12. Stress and aging David Almeida, Pennsylvania State University 13. Health disparities, social class and aging Keith Whitfield. Duke University 14 . Adult Inter-generational relations Karen Fingerman, Purdue University 15. Wisdom, aging and wellbeing Monika Ardelt, University of Florida.16. Age stereotypes and aging Mary Lee Hummert, University of Kansas 17, Communications, elderspeak, and aging Howard Giles, University of California, Santa Barbara 18. Work and aging Ursula Staudinger, Jacobs University, Bremen 19. Emotion and aging Susan T. Charles 20. Psychopathology, grief and aging, Susan Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 21. Psychological assessment of emotional distress, personality disorders, personality and aging Barry Edelstein, West Virginia University, and Dan Segal, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 22. Neuropsychological assessment of the dementias of late life Jennifer Manly, Columbia University, Stephanie Consentino and Adam Brickma 23. Caregiving and the older caregiver Bob Knight, Universitty of Southern California 24. Legal competency assessment and geroforensic psychology Jenifer Moye, Harvard Medical School