RESEARCH TRAINING IN COGNITIVE AGING

认知老化研究培训

• 批准号: 8062083
• 负责人: CHRISTOPHER K HERTZOG
• 金额: $ 33.75万
• 依托单位: GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-01 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8062083
• 关键词: Cognitive aging; Research Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Georgia Tech research training program is to produce researchers in basic and applied aspects of cognitive aging who can contribute to expanding knowledge about the effects of aging and age- correlated variables on cognition. A full understanding of the functional capabilities of older adults in the next decades is critical for managing a population that is increasingly older, and whose functional abilities may differ from older adults who have gone before. It requires scientific theory and method that can analyze structural changes in cognition as a function of aging, while at the same time understanding how individuals create their own functional context by use of knowledge, expertise, and adaptation to the constraints that aging places on cognitive structures and mechanisms. The training program at Georgia Tech emphasizes a concurrent understanding of the different biological, psychological, and social influences on older adults' functional cognitive capacity. The faculty provides expertise in a diverse set of domains of cognition, including memory, language, attention, social cognition, and problem solving, as well as advanced methods for characterizing experimental and correlational designs and data relevant to understanding adult cognitive development. A special strength of the program is a focus on applied cognitive aging, including systematic examination of how older adults view and interact with technology, instructions, and assistive devices. Trainees are exposed to core courses in cognitive and developmental psychology, extensive coursework on methods and statistics, specialty courses in cognitive aging, weekly research seminars, and colloquia by visiting scientists. They are also directly involved in the research programs of some of the leading scientists in this field. Eight core faculty members comprise the preceptors of the training grant who have primary responsibility for training and advising predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. The program at Georgia Tech has added new strength in cognitive neuroscience, with new facilities and new faculty recruitment planned for the immediate future. Support for 6 predoctoral trainees and 3 postdoctoral trainees is requested. RELEVANCE: As older adults become an increasing proportion of the population, society needs to (a) draw on older adults' knowledge, wisdom, and experience, and (b) contain health care costs by maximizing adults' functional autonomy and competence. Training scientists how to do research on cognitive aging can increase rates of successful aging and prolong effective functioning in older adults.

描述（由申请人提供）：格鲁吉亚技术研究培训计划的目标是培养认知老化基础和应用方面的研究人员，他们可以为扩大有关老化和年龄相关变量对认知的影响的知识做出贡献。充分了解未来几十年老年人的功能能力对于管理日益老龄化的人口至关重要，其功能能力可能与以前的老年人不同。它需要科学的理论和方法，可以分析认知的结构变化作为老化的功能，同时了解个人如何通过使用知识，专业知识和适应老化对认知结构和机制的约束来创建自己的功能环境。格鲁吉亚理工学院的培训项目强调同时了解不同的生物、心理和社会对老年人功能性认知能力的影响。该学院提供各种认知领域的专业知识，包括记忆，语言，注意力，社会认知和解决问题，以及表征实验和相关设计的先进方法和与理解成人认知发展相关的数据。该计划的一个特殊优势是专注于应用认知老化，包括对老年人如何看待和与技术，指令和辅助设备互动的系统检查。学员接触认知和发展心理学的核心课程，方法和统计学的广泛课程，认知老化的专业课程，每周的研究研讨会和访问科学家的座谈会。他们还直接参与该领域一些领先科学家的研究计划。八名核心教师组成的培训补助金谁拥有培训和咨询博士前和博士后学员的主要责任导师。该计划在格鲁吉亚理工学院增加了新的力量，在认知神经科学，新的设施和新的教师招聘计划在不久的将来。需要为6名博士前培训生和3名博士后培训生提供支助。 相关性：随着老年人在人口中所占比例越来越大，社会需要（a）利用老年人的知识、智慧和经验，（B）通过最大限度地提高成年人的功能自主性和能力来控制医疗保健成本。培训科学家如何研究认知老化可以提高老年人成功衰老的几率，并延长老年人的有效功能。