RESEARCH TRAINING IN COGNITIVE AGING

描述（改编自申请）：GIT研究培训计划的目标是为培训认知衰老研究的博士生和博士后提供良好的学术环境。由于认知老化对理解成人发育和衰老的重要性，需要更好地了解各种认知过程与衰老之间的关系。目前的项目在这一重要领域提供研究培训。GIT的核心教师在认知衰老的不同领域提供专业知识，包括记忆，推理，解决问题，注意力，技能学习，人为因素，个体差异，元认知，社会认知，认知和衰老的神经心理学和神经科学，以及发展方法论。学员将学习认知和发展心理学的核心课程、认知老龄化的专业课程和研讨会、每周研究研讨会、季度座谈会和研讨会，以及方法论方面的强大课程。这个项目已经资助了十年。在此期间，支助了13名博士预科生和6名博士后学员。本次续期申请要求同样水平的培训支持：5名博士预科学员和2名博士后学员。自上次竞争性申请以来，GIT的认知衰老项目增加了两名新的核心教员，一名辅助核心教员和四名新的辅助教员。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from the application): The goal of the GIT research training program is to provide an excellent academic context for training predoctoral and postdoctoral students for research in cognitive aging. Because of the importance of cognitive aging to understanding adult development and aging, a better understanding of the relationship among various cognitive processes and aging is needed. The current program provides research training in this important area. The core faculty at GIT provide expertise in a diverse set of domains in cognitive aging, including memory, reasoning, problem solving, attention, skill learning, human factors, individual differences, metacognition, social cognition, neuropsychology and neuroscience of cognition and aging, and developmental methodology. Trainees are exposed to core courses in cognitive and developmental psychology, specialty courses and seminars in cognitive aging, weekly research seminars, quarterly colloquia and seminars, and a strong curriculum in methodology. The program has been funded for ten years. During that period 13 predoctoral and six postdoctoral trainees have been supported. The same level of training support is requested in this renewal application: five predoctoral trainees and two postdoctoral trainees. Since the last competitive application, the cognitive aging program at the GIT has added two new core faculty members, one adjunct core faculty, and four new adjunct faculty.