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Cognition, stress, and aging /

Cognition, stress, and aging / James E. Birren and Judy Livingston, editors ; Donna E. Deutchman, Editorial Coordinator. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1985. - xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Based on research by Fellows of the Andrew Norman Institute at the Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California. "The ANI series on aging"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Preface // Ch.1 Concepts of Health, Behavior and Aging // Ch.2 Psychological Factors, Disease and Aging // Ch.3 Towards a Holistic Models of Health, Behavior and Aging // Ch.4 Affectional Bonding and the Elderly Bereaved // Ch.5 Cognitive Control and Enorphins as Mechanisms of Health // Ch.6 Voodoo Death in the American Aged // Ch.7 Personal Optimism, Physical and Mental Health // Ch.8 Perceived Control, Helplessness and Choice // Appendix // Index //

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Geriatrics--Psychosomatic aspects.
Cognition in old age.
Stress in old age.
Geriatrics--Psychological aspects.

RC952.5 / .C59 1985

155.67 BIR L