title: Emerging perspectives in social neuroscience and neuroeconomics of aging.
abstract: This article introduces the special issue of 'Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience' on Aging Research, and offers a broad conceptual and methodological framework for considering advances in life course research in social neuroscience and neuroeconomics. The authors highlight key areas of inquiry where aging research is raising new insights about how to conceptualize and examine critical questions about the links between cognition, emotion and motivation in social and economic behavior, as well as challenges that need to be addressed when taking a life course perspective in these fields. They also point to several emerging approaches that hold the potential for addressing these challenges, through bridging approaches from laboratory and population-based science, bridging inquiry across life stages and expanding measurement of core psychological phenotypes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Behavioral and Social Research, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health, 7201 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 533, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. nielsenli@nia.nih.gov
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Mara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mather
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009488:Neurosciences; D012919:Social Behavior