A reference for exercise science researchers and professionals, cognitive gerontologists, health science and medical researchers, and public health practitioners. A supplemental text for graduate courses related to the topics of physical activity, cognitive functioning, and aging.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults 50 and Older: Implications for Future Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning Research
Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko
Chapter 2. Physical Activity, Cognition, and Aging: A Review of Reviews
Phillip D. Tomporowski
Chapter 3. Commonalities in Aging- and Fitness-Related Impact on Cognition
Leonard W. Poon and Carol Ann Harrington
Chapter 4. Effect of Exercise on Cognition in Older Adults: A Reexamination of Proposed Mechanisms
Robert E. Dustman and Andrea White
Chapter 5. Current Findings in Neurobiological Systems' Response to Exercise
Philip V. Holmes
Chapter 6. Measurement of Physical Activity
Rod K. Dishman
Chapter 7. Assessing Physical Performance in Older Adults
M. Elaine Cress
Chapter 8. Sleep, Mood, and Chronic Pain Problems
Patrick J. O'Connor
Chapter 9. Brain Blood Flow and Methodological Considerations
Kevin McCully and Yagesh Bhambhani
Chapter 10. Neuroimaging in an Aging Population: Potential Tools in Cognition, Everyday Functioning, and Exercise Research
L. Stephen Miller
Chapter 11. Issues of Aging, Physical Activity, Cognition, and Putative Mechanisms for a Relationship: A Discussion
Waneen W. Spirduso
References
Index
About the Editors