Evaluating Everyday Competence in Older Adult Couples: Epidemiological Considerations

Dixon, Roger A.

doi:10.1159/000320325

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“…So in the final set of studies we discuss here, we examine the products and processes of shared remembering among older couples. We seek to integrate the kind of controlled studies inspired by CR with the cognitive psychology of memory in aging (Dixon et al 2001;Dixon 2010), and with the richer qualitative empirical analyses suggested by developmental and ethnographic research on shared and family memory (Middleton and Brown 2005;Bohanek et al 2006;Habermas and de Silveira 2008;Shore 2009). But we also draw directly on Andy Clark's speculations about the role of social and environmental support in potentially buffering older adults against the incipient effects of mild cognitive impairment and early stage dementias, when other people are key parts of a rich "cognitive reserve" which allows for successful functioning even despite partial neural degeneration (Clark 2001b, p. 157;Drayson and Clark 2010).…”

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The psychology of memory, extended cognition, and socially distributed remembering

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This paper introduces a new, expanded range of relevant cognitive psychological research on collaborative recall and social memory to the philosophical debate on extended and distributed cognition. We start by examining the case for extended cognition based on the complementarity of inner and outer resources, by which neural, bodily, social, and environmental resources with disparate but complementary properties are integrated into hybrid cognitive systems, transforming or augmenting the nature of remembering or decision-making. Adams and Aizawa, noting this distinctive complementarity argument, say that they agree with it completely: but they describe it as "a non-revolutionary approach" which leaves "the cognitive psychology of memory as the study of processes that take place, essentially without exception, within nervous systems." In response, we carve out, on distinct conceptual and empirical grounds, a rich middle ground between internalist forms of cognitivism and radical anti-cognitivism. Drawing both on extended cognition literature and on Sterelny's account of the "scaffolded mind" (this issue), we develop a multidimensional framework for understanding varying relations between agents and external resources, both technological and social. On this basis we argue that, independent of any more "revolutionary" metaphysical claims about the partial constitution of cognitive processes by external resources, a thesis of scaffolded or distributed cognition can substantially influence or transform explanatory practice in cognitive science. Critics also cite various empirical results as evidence against the idea that remembering can extend beyond skull and skin. We respond with a more principled, representative survey of the scientific psychology of memory, focussing in particular on robust recent empirical traditions for the study of collaborative recall and transactive social memory. We describe our own empirical research on socially distributed remembering, aimed at identifying conditions for mnemonic emergence in collaborative groups. Philosophical debates about extended, embedded, and distributed cognition can thus make richer, mutually beneficial contact with independently motivated research programs in the cognitive psychology of memory.

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The psychology of memory, extended cognition, and socially distributed remembering

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“…The third paper [13] uses a novel experimental paradigm to target a specific potential mechanism underlying collaborative cognition [17] , i.e. familiarity.…”

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“…Specifically, Dixon's [17] conclusion highlights the important promises, but also the distinct challenges of research on couples and other dyads. He outlines key avenues for future research that promise to extend our understanding of dyadic interrelations in lifespan development and aging.…”

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Dyadic Interrelations in Lifespan Development and Aging: How Does 1 + 1 Make a Couple? – Introduction

2010

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Lifespan development and aging do not take place in a vacuum. It is increasingly recognized that others, who may be very familiar such as marital partners, often play a key role in shaping the developmental trajectories of their spouses. Further, this shaping seems at least partially dependent on the prolonged interactions that result in a high level of familiarity that is conducive to affecting the feelings, actions and reactions of the other member of the dyad. The studies comprising this special series on dyadic relationships tackle a number of specific mechanisms by targeting 2 domains of functioning that are central to successful aging, namely aspects of cognitive functioning and subjective well-being. The 4 papers adopt a range of methodologies, from an experimental session to short- and longer-term longitudinal observational studies. The authors of these articles offer novel insights into the theoretical underpinnings of spousal interrelations as well as how to approach such issues analytically. The closing discussion article draws out some of the underlying themes and highlights the important promises, but also the distinct challenges, of research on couples and dyads. Key avenues for future research are outlined, especially adapting principles of an epidemiological approach to understanding cognitive aging, broadly defined. These promise to extend our understanding of dyadic interrelations in lifespan development and aging.

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“…Since older adults may not age as quickly as their partner, in many relationships one becomes the caregiver while the other receives care. (Lavela & Ather, 2010; Carpenter & Mak, 2007; Dixon, 2011). Moving to a CCRC may be a mutually beneficial selection for the couple in which each individual in the relationship has unique optimization and compensation adaptations.…”

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Moving as a family affair: Applying the SOC model to older adults and their kinship networks

Perry

Thiels

2016

Journal of Family Social Work

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Evaluating Everyday Competence in Older Adult Couples: Epidemiological Considerations

Cited by 24 publications

References 33 publications

The psychology of memory, extended cognition, and socially distributed remembering

The psychology of memory, extended cognition, and socially distributed remembering

Dyadic Interrelations in Lifespan Development and Aging: How Does 1 + 1 Make a Couple? – Introduction

Moving as a family affair: Applying the SOC model to older adults and their kinship networks

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