Toward Comprehensive Intervention Programs for Memory Problems among the Aged: Symposium Held in San Francisco, California on August 28, 1977 by American Psychological Association

摘要

Five papers are presented dealing with means of assessing and reducing the incidence of memory failure in older adults. From Clinical and Research Findings to Intervention Programs identifies directions for future research. Problems in Clinical Assessment of Memory delineates the inadequacies of currently available tests. Adaptational Factors in Memory Impairment of the Aged identifies clinical conditions and environmental factors which contribute to memory impairment. Remembering the Person: Relations of Individual Difference Variables to Memory describes research findings involving the relationships among measures of personality, performance, and endocrine function. Toward Appling Cognitive Skill Training to Memory Problems emphasizes skill training in organization and encoding, processes known to be impaired in the elderly. References are included after each paper.