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Acknowledgments

1. Introduction and Preview

2. Methodological Issues

3. The Database

4. Cross-Sectional Studies

5. Longitudinal Studies

6. Studies of Cohort and Period Differences

7. Intervention Studies

8. Methodological Studies

9. The Relationship Between Cognitive Styles and Intellectual Functioning

10. Health and Maintenance of Intellectual Functioning

11. Health Behaviors and Intellectual Functioning

12. Lifestyle Variables That Affect Intellectual Functioning

13. The Sequential Study of Personality Traits and Attitudes

14. Influences of Personality on Cognition

15. Family Studies of Intellectual Abilities in Adulthood

16. Subjective Perceptions of Cognitive Change

17. Influences of Family Environment on Cognition

18. Biological Influences on Cognitive Change

19. The Prediction of Individual Cognitive Decline

20. The Role of Longitudinal Studies in the Early Detection of Dementia

21. Summary and Conclusions

Appendix Tables

References

Author Index

Subject Index