Research Interests

Australian Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Late Life Changes In Cognitive, Sensory, And Affective Functioning; Perceived Control, Morale, And Everyday Living Of Elderly; Reciprocal Impacts For Couples; Active Ageing and Sources of Well-Being In A Life Span Perspective; Generativity; Social Networks, Socio-emotional Selectivity; Successful Ageing; Remembering In Late Adulthood; Memory Beliefs And Memory Self-Efficacy (Metamemory); Relationship to Processing Resources: Slowing, Executive Function; Adult Cognitive Development and Everyday Problem Solving; Cognitive Impairment and Cognitive Competence in Older Adults.

Postgraduate Students

Selected Publications

Walker, R. B., & Luszcz, M. A. (2009). Health and relationship dynamics within late-life couples: A systematic review of the literature. Ageing and Society, 29, 455-480.

Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., & Luszcz, M. A. (2008). Spousal Activity Trajectories in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing in the Context of Cognitive, Physical and Affective Resources. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63B (1), P41-P50.

Luszcz, M. A., & Lane, A. (2008). Executive Function in Cognitive Ageing. In S. M. Hofer & D. F. Alwin (Eds). The Handbook on Cognitive Ageing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Luszcz, M. A., Giles, L., Eckermann, S., Edwards, P., Browne-Yung, K., & Hayles, C. (2007). The Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing: 15 Years of Ageing in South Australia. South Australian Department of Families and Communities (130 pages). ISBN 978192009352.

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