First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents: Preface. Part I: Conceptual Issues in Psychological Compensation.R.A. Dixon, L. Bäckman, Concepts of Compensation: Integrated, Differentiated, and Janus-Faced. T.A. Salthouse, Refining the Concept of Psychological Compensation. M. Marsiske, F.R. Lang, P.B. Baltes, M.M. Baltes, Selective Optimization With Compensation: Life-Span Perspectives on Successful Human Development. Part II: Compensation in the Life Course.J. Brandtstädter, D. Wentura, Adjustment to Shifting Possibility Frontiers in Later Life: Complementary Adaptive Modes. L.L. Carstensen, K.A. Hanson, A.M. Freund, Selection and Compensation in Adulthood. K.F. Ferraro, M.M. Farmer, Social Compensation in Adulthood and Later Life. N. Charness, E.A. Bosman, Compensation Through Environmental Modification. Part III: Compensation for Neurological Impairments.B.A. Wilson, Memory Rehabilitation: Compensating for Memory Problems. D.S. Woodruff-Pak, C. Hanson, Plasticity and Compensation in Brain Memory Systems in Aging. L.J. Gonzalez Rothi, Behavioral Compensation in the Case of Treatment of Acquired Language Disorders Resulting From Brain Damage. C.L. Grady, R. Parasuraman, Functional Compensation in Alzheimer's Disease. Part IV: Compensation in Sensory and Skill Domains.J. Rönnberg, Perceptual Compensation in the Deaf and Blind: Myth or Reality? R.F. West, K.E. Stanovich, A.E. Cunningham, Compensatory Processes in Reading. M.J. Stones, A. Kozma, Compensation in Athletic Sport.

Roger A. Dixon, Lars B"ckman, Lars Backman