SOUTHEASTERN CENTER FOR APPLIED COGNITIVE AGING RESEARCH

在世界上有一大批迅速增长的文学作品 随年龄增长而发生的认知变化领域。基座 在这项研究中，认知衰老心理学家做出了 在了解解释以下问题的机制方面取得重大进展 与年龄相关的下降。作为这种知识的结果，认知 年迈的心理学家很好地利用这些信息来 设计干预措施，以增强老年人的功能 成年人在有认知需求的情况下。然而，到目前为止， 在这一应用领域几乎没有开展过什么工作。因此， 这项提议的主要目标是建立东南部 应用认知老龄化研究中心将利用 关于年龄相关认知的现有知识下降到 申请。该中心将资助一名认知老化的干部 研究人员将共同努力开发认知支持， 基于认知原理的培训材料和计划 将增强老年人在 对认知要求很高的情况，这对日常生活很重要 功能。该中心的重点是设计实用的 领域中的应用和干预对 老年人维持社区居住地位和 继续独立运作。该中心是一个由 三所院校(佐治亚大学、佐治亚理工学院和孟菲斯 和四名调查人员，他们有很长的历史 在认知老化领域的合作。高年级 调查人员，佐治亚大学的丹尼斯·帕克和亚瑟 佐治亚理工学院的D.Fisk在应用和基础方面都有经验 并将与他们的两个 以前的学生(孟菲斯州立大学的温迪·罗杰和孟菲斯州立大学的罗杰·莫雷尔 佐治亚大学)和内夫·沃克，一位来自 佐治亚理工学院在运动控制方面，构成了 东南部中心。该中心的目标不仅是扩大 这些主要研究人员在应用认知老化方面的工作， 而且要利用老年人在认知老化方面的丰富资源 领域，并利用它们更好地定义和发展应用领域 认知老化通过研究员计划，种子资助计划， 并通过两次全国会议。该中心有一个核心和 三个研究组成部分。丹尼斯·C·帕克将担任中锋 董事，并将管理核心。她的组件项目正在进行中 一组低SES高血压老年患者的用药依从性。 罗杰·莫雷尔将研究计算机培训的策略和使用 计算机作为老年人的社会支持系统。丹·菲斯克 温迪·罗杰斯将致力于分类学的发展 理解人类年龄相关变化的框架 适用于自动柜员机的性能，比尔 评估、公共交通使用情况等。特定的 东南中心将带来的产品包括 软件教程，计算机使用培训程序，以及 特定的技术和设备(都很便宜) 证明能改善老年人的服药依从性。

There is a large and rapidly-growing body of literature in the field of changes in cognition that occur with advance age. Based on this research, cognitive aging psychologists have made substantial gains in understanding the mechanisms which account for age-related decline. As a result of this knowledge, cognitive aging psychologists are well-positioned to use this information to design interventions which will enhance the function of older adults in situations with cognitive demands. To date, however, little work in this area of applications has occurred. Thus, the primary goal of this proposal is to establish the Southeastern Center for Applied Cognitive Aging Research which will harness existing knowledge about age-related declines in cognition into applications. The center will fund a cadre of cognitive aging researchers who will work together to develop cognitive supports, training materials and programs based on cognitive principles that will enhance the ability of older adults to function in cognitively-demanding situations that are important for every-day function. The focus of the Center is on designing practical applications and interventions in domains that are critical to the older adult's ability to maintain community-dwelling status and to continue to function independently. The center is a consortium of three institutions (University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, & Memphis State) and four investigators who have a long history of collaboration in the area of cognitive aging. Senior investigators, Denise Park at the University of Georgia, and Arthur D. Fisk at Georgia Tech, are both experienced in applied and basic cognitive research and will work in concert with two of their former students (Wendy Roger at Memphis State and Roger Morrell at the University of Georgia) and with Neff Walker, an expert at Georgia Tech in motor control, to comprise the nucleus of the Southeastern Center. The goal of the Center is to not only expand the work of these primary investigators in applied cognitive aging, but also to draw upon the rich resources in cognitive aging in the area and use them to better define and develop the field of applied cognitive aging through a fellows program, a seed grant program, and through two national conferences. The Center has a core and three research component. Denise C. Park will serve as Center Director and will administer the core. Her component project is on medication adherence in a group of low-SES hypertensive elderly. Roger Morrell will examine computer training strategies and the use of the computer as a social support system for elderly. Dan Fisk and Wendy Rogers will work on the development of a taxonomic framework for understanding age-related changes in human performance to be applied to automatic teller machines, bill evaluation, public transportation usage, and others. Specific products that will result from the Southeastern Center include software tutorials, training programs for computer usage, and specific techniques and devices (all inexpensive) which have been demonstrated to improve medication adherence in older adults.