Functional approaches to lifespan development: Toward aging research as the science of stabilization

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 185-188

  Martin, Mike ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a   Röcke, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

developmental stabilization; functional; healthy aging; lifespan development

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DISEASE MARKER; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 84870584961     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000069     Document Type: Review

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