The purpose of this study was to explore the long term effect of a service learning project on medical and nursing students' knowledge in aging and their attitudes toward older adults. A total of 124 students were recruited and then randomized to intervention group (IG) and control group (CG). A pre-and-post-intervention design measured students' knowledge in aging (using modified Palmore's Fac...

The purpose of this study was to explore the long term effect of a service learning project on medical and nursing students’ knowledge in aging and their attitudes toward older adults. A total of 124 students were recruited and then randomized to intervention group (IG) and control group (CG). A pre-and-post-intervention design measured students’ knowledge in aging (using modified Palmore’s Fac...

The last quarter of the 20th century has seen the formal coming of age of the study of the health, diseases, and disabilities of older adults, as well as of aging itself. Epidemiologic research on aging developed out of groundbreaking gerontologic studies that have been carried out since the 1940s, the establishment of the National Institute on Aging in 1974 (an outgrowth itself of the first Wh...

Aging is accompanied by changes in general cognitive functioning which may impact the learning rate of older adults; however, this often not controlled for aging studies. We investigated contribution differences rates to age-related landmark knowledge acquired from route learning. In Experiment 1 we used a standard procedure participants received fixed amount exposure route. Consistent with pre...

Normal aging is accompanied by various cognitive functional declines. Recent studies have revealed disruptions in the coordination of large-scale functional brain networks such as the default mode network in advanced aging. However, organizational alterations of the structural brain network at the system level in aging are still poorly understood. Here, using cortical thickness, we investigated...

According to the United Nations World Population Prospects, the world’s population is aging. Older adults constitute a fragile part of society, as aging is always accompanied by major psychological and physical challenges. A way to cope with those challenges is to strive for a good Quality of Life (QoL) and contribute to successful aging. Social robots can play an important role in the promotio...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Ageism Aging anxiety Death anxiety Older adults Stereotypes Stigma While aging anxiety is associated with the threat of deterioration that leads to death, death anxiety is related to the threat of non-existence and to fears from an unknown afterlife, and both anxieties can lead to ageism. The current study examined the unexplored relationship between these two ex...

Complex and dynamic decision making environments are common throughout life, but little is known about how normal aging influences performance on these types of scenarios. To determine performance differences associated with normal aging, we test older and younger adults in a dynamic control task. The task involves the control of a single output variable via multiple and uncertain input control...

Rationale: Older adults frequently report a decrease in appetite which may increase the risk of malnutrition. Aging is associated with low-grade inflammation might also contribute to development We aimed evaluate association between and healthy community-dwelling older adults.