Project Details
Projekt
Dynamics of Senescent Changes of the Aging Mind and Body
Applicant
Dr. Oliver Huxhold
Subject Area
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Term
from 2007 to 2008
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 46814179
The proposed research is intended to provide new insights into the multidimensional and multiple time-scaled nature of cognitive and sensorimotor aging. To approach these issues, the research plan is to pursue two theoretically interrelated projects: (1) investigate the dynamic aspects of correlated longitudinal changes across measures of physiological and cognitive functioning using recently advanced statistical methods for testing multivariate dynamical couplings and (2) examine longitudinal antecedent of intraindividual variability in cognitive performances. I would like to conduct these projects during a one-year post-doc stipend funded by the DFG at the Australian National University in close collaboration with Prof. Kaarin Anstey. Prof. Anstey is an internationally highly regarded expert in the field of sensorimotor and cognitive aging and longitudinal research. Depending on the funding from the DFG the suggested projects promise to resolve some important theoretical issues regarding mind-andbody interactions during the course of adult aging that are currently under debate.
DFG Programme
Research Fellowships
International Connection
Australia
