• Front Matter R1-R12

• Executive Summary 1-6

• Part One Committee Report - 1 Overview 7-18

• 2 The Social Side of Human Aging 19-33

• 3 Motivation and Behavioral Change 34-53

• 4 Socioemotional Influences on Decision Making: The Challenge of Choice 54-67

• 5 Social Engagement and Cognition 68-79

• 6 Opportunities Lost: The Impact of Stereotypes on Self and Others 80-91

• References 92-118

• Part Two Background Papers - Initiatives to Motivate Change: A Review of Theory and Practice and Their Implications for Older Adults 119-144

• A Review of Decision-Making Processes: Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Aging 145-173

• A Social Psychological Perspective on the Stigmatization of Older Adults 174-208

• Measuring Psychological Mechanisms--Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult Developmental Psychology 209-218

• Measurement: Aging and the Psychology of Self-Report 219-230

• Optimizing Brief Assessments in Research on the Psychology of Aging: A Pragmatic Approach to Self-Report Measurement 231-239

• Utility of Brain Imaging Methods in Research on Aging 240-246

• Research Infrastructure 247-250

• APPENDIX: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors 251-258

• Index 259-268

" Part Two Background Papers - Initiatives to Motivate Change: A Review of Theory and Practice and Their Implications for Older Adults ." When I'm 64 . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006 .

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