Cognitive aging reflects not only loss but also adaptation to loss. The adult brain is capable
of plastic change, including change in cortical representation. This has been seen in …

Abstract Changes in attention are among the most important cognitive shifts associated with
aging, with implications for maintenance of vocational competencies, participation in social …

A major element in expert sports performance, particularly racket-and-ball games, is
excellent anticipatory skill. A prestudy combined the temporal and spatial occlusion …

We examined the relation of personality to mortality in 883 older Catholic clergy members
(69% women). At baseline, they completed the NEO Five-Factor Inventory, which assesses …

Background and aims: Aging is a condition characterized by a general decline in many
types of physical and psychological performance, but its effects on various cognitive …

The growing interest in mindfulness interventions for use in aging samples has been met
with promising evidence of cognitive, emotional, and physiological benefits. The purpose of …

We summarize and discuss a series of psychophysical studies on the effects of spatial covert
attention on spatial resolution, our ability to discriminate fine patterns. Heightened resolution …

The efficiency and safety of many complex humanmachine systems can be critically
dependent on the mental workload and vigilance of the operators of such systems. As …

First, we review the characteristics of endogenous (sustained) and exogenous (transient)
spatial covert attention. Then we examine the effects of these two types of attention on …

It has been shown that transient attention enhances spatial resolution, but is the effect of
transient attention on spatial resolution modulated by the size of the attentional cue? Would …