Table 3.
Highly Cited Articles in Psychology and Aging by Topical Area
| Topic area | Author(s) | Year | No.citations | Article title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attention & perception | Kramer et al. | 1994 | 184 | Aging and Inhibition: Beyond a unitary view of inhibitory processing in attention |
| Owsley et al. | 1991 | 142 | Visual/cognitive correlates of vehicle accidents in older drivers | |
| Clinical aging | Teri et al. | 1992 | 209 | Assessment of behavioral problems in dementia: The Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist |
| Newmann | 1989 | 146 | Aging and depression | |
| Intelligence | Lindenberger & Baltes | 1994 | 194 | Sensory functioning and intelligence in old age: A strong connection |
| Baltes & Lindenberger | 1997 | 151 | Emergence of a powerful connection between sensory and cognitive functions across the adult life span: A new window to the study of cognitive aging? | |
| Memory | Parkin & Walter | 1992 | 174 | Recollective experience, normal aging, and frontal dysfunction |
| Jennings & Jacoby | 1993 | 159 | Automatic versus intentional uses of memory: Aging, attention, and control | |
| Craik et al. | 1990 | 155 | Relations between source amnesia and frontal lobe functioning in older adults | |
| Craik, Byrd, & Swanson | 1987 | 131 | Patterns of memory loss in three elderly samples | |
| Hashtroudi, Johnson & Chrosniak | 1989 | 127 | Aging and source monitoring | |
| Dywan & Jacoby | 1990 | 127 | Effects of aging on source monitoring: Differences in susceptibility to false fame | |
| Social & personality | Carstensen | 1992 | 155 | Social and emotional patterns in adulthood: Support for socioemotional selectivity theory |
| Kite & Johnson | 1988 | 140 | Attitudes toward older and younger adults: A meta-analysis | |
| Ryff | 1991 | 132 | Possible selves in adulthood and old age: A tale of shifting horizons | |
| Stress & coping | Haley et al. | 1987 | 212 | Stress, appraisal, coping, and social support as predictors of adaptational outcome among dementia caregivers |
| Folkman et al. | 1987 | 206 | Age differences in stress and coping processes | |
| Brandtstädter & Renner | 1990 | 163 | Tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment: Explication and age-related analysis of assimilative and accommodative strategies of coping | |
| Schulz & Williamson | 1991 | 157 | A 2-year longitudinal study of depression among Alzheimer’s caregivers | |
| Vitaliano et al. | 1991 | 129 | Predictors of burden in spouse caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease |