@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Norman B. Anderson and Rodolfo A. Bulatao and Barney Cohen", title = "Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life", isbn = "978-0-309-09211-1", abstract = "In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good--or equally poor--health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations.\n\nSelection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11086/critical-perspectives-on-racial-and-ethnic-differences-in-health-in-late-life", year = 2004, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "Monitoring Metabolic Status: Predicting Decrements in Physiological and Cognitive Performance", isbn = "978-0-309-09159-6", abstract = "The U.S. military\u2019s concerns about the individual combat service member\u2019s ability to avoid performance degradation, in conjunction with the need to maintain both mental and physical capabilities in highly stressful situations, have led to and interest in developing methods by which commanders can monitor the status of the combat service members in the field. This report examines appropriate biological markers, monitoring technologies currently available and in need of development, and appropriate algorithms to interpret the data obtained in order to provide information for command decisions relative to the physiological \u201creadiness\u201d of each combat service member. More specifically, this report also provides responses to questions posed by the military relative to monitoring the metabolic regulation during prolonged, exhaustive efforts, where nutrition\/hydration and repair mechanisms may be mismatched to intakes and rest, or where specific metabolic derangements are present. \n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10981/monitoring-metabolic-status-predicting-decrements-in-physiological-and-cognitive-performance", year = 2004, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Diana E. Pankevich and Theresa Wizemann and Bruce M. Altevogt", title = "Sex Differences and Implications for Translational Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-16124-4", abstract = "Biological differences between the sexes influence not only individual health but also public health, biomedical research, and health care. The Institute of Medicine held a workshop March 8-9, 2010, to discuss sex differences and their implications for translational neuroscience research, which bridges the gap between scientific discovery and application.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13004/sex-differences-and-implications-for-translational-neuroscience-research-workshop-summary", year = 2011, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Daniel Druckman and Robert A. Bjork", title = "In the Mind's Eye: Enhancing Human Performance", isbn = "978-0-309-04747-0", abstract = "The archer stands and pulls back the bow, visualizing the path of the arrow to the target. Does this mental exercise enhance performance? Can we all use such techniques to improve performance in our daily lives?In the Mind's Eye addresses these and other intriguing questions. This volume considers basic issues of performance, exploring how techniques for quick learning affect long-term retention, whether an expert's behavior can serve as a model for beginners, if team performance is the sum of individual members' performances, and whether subliminal learning has a basis in science.The book also considers meditation and some other pain control techniques. Deceit and the ability to detect deception are explored in detail. In the area of self-assessment techniques for career development, the volume evaluates the widely used Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1580/in-the-minds-eye-enhancing-human-performance", year = 1991, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }