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Opportunities in Aging Research: New Issues and New Directions |
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This symposium is a joint effort of the APS Board of Directors and the National Institute on Aging. The NIA is interested in attracting new and innovative behavioral researchers to conduct both basic and translational research proposal on aging. Symposium participants are stellar researchers who will present new ideas about the important role that the study of aging has played (or could play in the future) in their work, with particular attention to questions that span disciplines. The NIA will have a visible presence at the APS meeting and program staff will be available to meet with prospective grantees.
John T. Cacioppo
(Chair)
University of Chicago
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Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
[Email Presenter]
Yale University
Self-Reflection and Coping as We Age
Community-based survey studies suggest that the prevalence of maladaptive forms of self-focused coping, such as rumination, is lower in older adults than in younger adults, and this corresponds to lower rates of depressive symptoms in older adults than in younger adults. I will explore possible explanations for these age differences in coping and their implications for mental health.
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Oliver Schultheiss
[Email Presenter]
University of Michigan
A Role for Implicit Motives in Development and Aging
Implicit motives represent nonconscious dispositions to experience specific classes of incentives as pleasurable. In this talk, I will argue that implicit motives play a crucial role in development through their association with endocrine systems, through learning processes, and through their (mis)match with the goals people pursue in their daily lives.
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Carol D. Ryff
[Email Presenter]
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Building Integrative Science Around the Study of Psychological Well-Being
Psychological well-being is contoured by age, gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and culture. It is further influenced by proximal life challenges and individual difference variables, and is linked with biology (neuroendocrine regulation, immune function, cardiovascular risk factors, neural circuitry) and health. Together, this constitutes a tale of integrative science, self-reflection and coping as we age.
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Burton Singer
[Email Presenter]
Princeton University
Bridging the Social Environment, Physiology, and Genetics
We describe a research program and some of its principal results, where the focus is on the integration of evidence from molecular to human social environment levels. The objective is to understand aging of heterogeneous populations and identify interventions that promote good health and prevent disease into old age.
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Jeanne L. Tsai
[Email Presenter]
Stanford University
Culture, Age, and Affect Valuation
Previously, we observed that undergraduates from different cultures vary in their affect valuation, or the affective states that they want to feel, and that these differences mediated group variation in mood-enhancing behaviors. Currently, we are examining whether affect valuation changes across the life span and whether observed cultural differences generalize to older adults.
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Time and Location
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