Sources for Further Stud

Bahrick, H. P. “A Speedy Recovery from Bankruptcy for Ecological Memory
Research.” American Psychologist 46, no. 1 (1991): 76-77. This article addresses
the controversy between those who favor naturalistic memory
studies and those who favor strict experimental studies; Bahrick favors
the naturalistic approach.
Banaji, Mahzarin R., and Robert G. Crowder. “The Bankruptcy of Everyday
Memory.” American Psychologist 44, no. 9 (1989): 1185-1193. This article
addresses the controversy between naturalistic and experimental research;
the authors favor more controlled experimental approaches.
Ceci, S. J., and Urie Bronfenbrenner. “On the Demise of Everyday Memory.”
American Psychologist 46, no. 1 (1991): 27-31. Addresses the naturalistic
versus experimental memory study issue, offering a balanced perspective
and inviting scientific inquiry regardless of the type of methodology.
Craik, Fergus I. M., and Timothy Salthouse, eds. The Handbook of Aging and
Cognition. 2d ed. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2000. A collection of
review essays on all aspects of the aging brain.
Friedrich, M. J. “Mild Cognitive Impairment Raises Alzheimer Disease
Risk.” Journal of the American Medical Association 282 (1999): 621-622. Discusses
link between cognitive impairment and developing Alzheimer’s
disease.
Lindsay, Heather. “Delaying Treating Mild Cognitive Impairment.” Clinical
Psychiatry News 27 (1999): 18. Addresses consequences of not treating
mild cognitive impairment early.
Loftus, Elizabeth F. Memory: Surprising New Insights into How We Remember and
WhyWe Forget. New York: Ardsley House, 1988. Discusses the development
of the cognitive sciences in seeking greater specificity for human abilities
such as thinking and memory.
Park, Denise, and Norbert Schwarz, eds. Cognitive Aging: A Primer. Philadelphia:
Psychology Press, 2000. Upper-level college and graduate text covers
all aspects of cognition in aging brains at an introductory level.
Petersen, Ronald. “Mild Cognitive Impairment or Questionable Dementia?”
Archives of Neurology 57 (2000): 643-644. Differentiates between mild
cognitive impairment and dementia.

Petersen, Ronald C., et al. “Mild Cognitive Impairment: Clinical Characterization
and Outcome.” Archives of Neurology 56 (1999): 303-308. Speaks
of symptoms and consequences of untreated mild cognitive impairment.
Shah, Yogesh, Eric Tangalos, and Ronald Petersen. “Mild Cognitive Impairment:
When Is It a Precursor to Alzheimer’s Disease?” Geriatrics 55
(2000): 62-67. Discusses relationship between memory decline, mild cognitive
impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Robert A. Hock; updated by Sharon Wallace Stark
See also: Alzheimer’s Disease; Dementia; Memory; Parkinson’s Disease.