Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- 1 Understanding the Aging Mind -- 2 Neural Health -- 3 Cognition in Context -- 4 Structure of the Aging Mind -- 5 Implementation -- References -- A Age-Related Shifts in Neural Circuit Characteristics and Their Impact on Age-Related Cognitive Impairments -- B Homeostatic Processes in Brain Aging: The Role of Apoptosis, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress in Regulating Healthy Neural Circuitry in the Aging Brain -- C The Bearable Lightness of Aging: Judgment and Decision Processes in Older Adults -- D Cognitive Aging and Adaptive Technologies -- E Health Effects on Cognitive Aging -- F Cultural Variations in Cognition: Implications for Aging Research -- G Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain in Nonhuman Primates: A Prospectus for Research on Aging -- H Biographical Sketches -- Index.