Search for dissertations about: "cognitive aging"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 127 swedish dissertations containing the words cognitive aging.
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6. On Retirement and Cognitive Aging from a Life-Span Perspective
Abstract : Retirement is a major life event potentially affecting domains such as cognitive functioning and well-being. The main aim of this thesis was to assess whether retirement influences cognitive functioning and how inter- and intra-individual differences in psychological and lifestyle factors moderate the association. READ MORE
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7. On Aging, Behavior and the Role of PA28αβ in Protein Homeostasis
Abstract : As life expectancy increases, understanding challenges related to the processes of aging are more relevant than ever. Common age-related diseases progress as consequences of accumulative protein damage and protein aggregates. READ MORE
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8. Attrition in Studies of Cognitive Aging
Abstract : Longitudinal studies of cognition are preferred to cross-sectional stud- ies, since they offer a direct assessment of age-related cognitive change (within-person change). Statistical methods for analyzing age-related change are widely available. READ MORE
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9. Individual differences in the aging memory : Mediation accounts, moderators, and contextual factors
Abstract : Within the field of cognitive aging, mediation accounts propose that age affects cognitive abilities through a mediator variable. Most of these mediation accounts are developed based on studies with cross-sectional designs. READ MORE
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10. Organic solvents and cognitive functioning. With special reference to interaction with aging
Abstract : The aim of the thesis was to study cognitive functioning in patients with chronic toxic encephalopathy (CTE) and in aging workers previously exposed to organic solvents. The discriminative power of a series of cognitive tests in identifying patients with CTE was examined. READ MORE