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The Neuroscience of Making the Most of Your Mature Mind
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Good news about getting older from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain taps into the most current research to present a realistic and encouraging view of the well-aged brain, a sobering look at what can go wrong--and at what might help you and your brain stay healthy longer. Neurologists and psychologists have discovered the aging brain is much more elastic and supple than previously thought, and that happiness actually increases with age. While our short-term memory may not be what it was, dementia is not inevitable. Far from…mehr
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- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- Seitenzahl: 272
- Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2012
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781118220870
- Artikelnr.: 37358815
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- Seitenzahl: 272
- Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2012
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781118220870
- Artikelnr.: 37358815
Welcome to the New Old Age 1 What's Old, Anyway? 2 How Scientists Are
Researching Your Brain 3 PART ONE How Your Brain Grows 7 Chapter 1. The
Well-Aged Brain: Older and Happier 9 The Myth of a Sad Old Age 10 Actually,
It's Getting Better All the Time 12 Great Late Achievers 14 Are
Grandparents Safer Drivers? 16 Do You Think I'm Sexy? Apparently, Yes--at
Any Age 16 A Swell of Centenarians: One Hundred Reasons to Take Care of
Your Brain 20 Chapter 2. How Your Brain Grows: Zero to Sixty 21 In the
Beginning: Your Fetal and Baby Brain 23 A Brief Tour of Your Brain 24 The
Gray and the White: Neurons and Myelin 26 Childhood: Building the Brain 28
Th e Teen Brain: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time 29 Get Smart Younger, Delay
Dementia Older 32 The Peak Years: Twenties to Sixties 33 Chapter 3. Your
Brain Growing Older: What to Expect in a Healthy Aging Brain 37 The Usual
Effects of Aging 39 Do the Brains of Men and Women Age Differently? 40 How
Memory Works: The Short Version 41 Why White Matter Matters 45 The Aging
Brain: Is It Less Connected? 46 Forgetting May Be Vital to Remembering 47
Five Things Most People Get Wrong About Memory 48 The Good News: Slower Is
Sometimes Better 51 More Easily Distracted: Why Multitasking Is a Task 55
PART TWO Threats to Your Brain 59 Chapter 4. What Can Go Wrong 61 When Your
Brain Needs Help: How Can You Tell? 64 Th e Darkness of Dementia 67 Mild
Cognitive Impairment: A Subtle Loss 69 Stroke: Th e Brain Attack 70 A
Healing Stroke 72 Parkinson's Disease 74 Your Brain on Diabetes: Not So
Sweet 75 Traumatic Brain Injury: A Blow to Your Thinking Brain 77
Depression: An Abnormal State 78 The Legacy of Cancer: "Chemo Brain" 81 Too
Much of a Good Thing: When Medications Mess Up Your Mind 82 What--Me Worry?
85 Chapter 5. Alzheimer's Disease: The Brain Killer 87 What Is Alzheimer's
Disease? 88 Chasing the Cause 91 Anxiety and Alzheimer's Disease: Another
Reason to Chill 94 Maybe It's Bad Neural Housekeeping? 97 The Search for a
Cure--or Even a Treatment That Works 100 Looking Beyond the Brain 104 An
Ounce of Prevention: Marijuana Might Benefit Aging Brains 106 The
Future--Without Alzheimer's Disease 109 PART THREE How to Optimize Your
Aging Brain 111 Chapter 6. The Big Five for Optimal Brain Function 113 The
Cognitive Shop 116 How to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Nimble 119 Chapter 7.
Exercise Your Body: Move Your Body for a Better Brain 123 Th is Brain Was
Made for Walking 126 It's Never Too Late to Start Exercising 127 A Fine
Balance: Yoga, Tai Chi, and Fall Prevention 131 Chapter 8. Challenge Your
Brain 135 Educated Brains Stay Better Longer 137 Why Testing Boosts
Learning 138 Do Brain Fitness Products Work? 139 Computer Training May Keep
You Driving Longer 143 Th e Bottom Line 144 Chapter 9. Nutrition: Fuel for
Thought 147 Glucose Is Not So Sweet to the Brain 151 Forget the Fructose
152 Omega-3, the Essential Oil 154 Your Brain on Berries, Chocolate, and
Wine: The Flavonoid Connection 155 Caffeine: A Perk for Your Brain 162 Is
There a Pill for Th at? Supplements and Vitamins 163 Chapter 10. The Social
Treatment 167 You've Got a Friend, We Hope 169 Talk to Teens, Live Longer
171 Finding and Making Friends in Later Life 173 Chapter 11. Creativity,
Spirit, and Attitude: Enrich Thyself 175 Th e Art of an Active Brain 176
Live Larger to Live Better 178 Th e Power of Meditation for the Aging Brain
178 Smile! It Could Make You Happier 181 Attitudes Matter: Th e Optimism
Factor 182 PART FOUR The Future for Your Brain 185 Chapter 12. Predictions,
Promises, and Possibilities 187 A Fix to Reverse Memory Decline 190 Are You
Saving for Th ose Final Years? 191 RX for Th is Good Life 193 Chapter 13.
Living in the Now 195 Living with an Aging Brain 196 How We (Eventually)
Die 197 Going Out with a Bang: The Brain Surges Just Before Death 199
Living in the Now 200 Sources 203 Illustration Credits 219 Glossary 221
Resources for Aging and Coping 231 About the Author 235 Index 237
Welcome to the New Old Age 1 What's Old, Anyway? 2 How Scientists Are
Researching Your Brain 3 PART ONE How Your Brain Grows 7 Chapter 1. The
Well-Aged Brain: Older and Happier 9 The Myth of a Sad Old Age 10 Actually,
It's Getting Better All the Time 12 Great Late Achievers 14 Are
Grandparents Safer Drivers? 16 Do You Think I'm Sexy? Apparently, Yes--at
Any Age 16 A Swell of Centenarians: One Hundred Reasons to Take Care of
Your Brain 20 Chapter 2. How Your Brain Grows: Zero to Sixty 21 In the
Beginning: Your Fetal and Baby Brain 23 A Brief Tour of Your Brain 24 The
Gray and the White: Neurons and Myelin 26 Childhood: Building the Brain 28
Th e Teen Brain: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time 29 Get Smart Younger, Delay
Dementia Older 32 The Peak Years: Twenties to Sixties 33 Chapter 3. Your
Brain Growing Older: What to Expect in a Healthy Aging Brain 37 The Usual
Effects of Aging 39 Do the Brains of Men and Women Age Differently? 40 How
Memory Works: The Short Version 41 Why White Matter Matters 45 The Aging
Brain: Is It Less Connected? 46 Forgetting May Be Vital to Remembering 47
Five Things Most People Get Wrong About Memory 48 The Good News: Slower Is
Sometimes Better 51 More Easily Distracted: Why Multitasking Is a Task 55
PART TWO Threats to Your Brain 59 Chapter 4. What Can Go Wrong 61 When Your
Brain Needs Help: How Can You Tell? 64 Th e Darkness of Dementia 67 Mild
Cognitive Impairment: A Subtle Loss 69 Stroke: Th e Brain Attack 70 A
Healing Stroke 72 Parkinson's Disease 74 Your Brain on Diabetes: Not So
Sweet 75 Traumatic Brain Injury: A Blow to Your Thinking Brain 77
Depression: An Abnormal State 78 The Legacy of Cancer: "Chemo Brain" 81 Too
Much of a Good Thing: When Medications Mess Up Your Mind 82 What--Me Worry?
85 Chapter 5. Alzheimer's Disease: The Brain Killer 87 What Is Alzheimer's
Disease? 88 Chasing the Cause 91 Anxiety and Alzheimer's Disease: Another
Reason to Chill 94 Maybe It's Bad Neural Housekeeping? 97 The Search for a
Cure--or Even a Treatment That Works 100 Looking Beyond the Brain 104 An
Ounce of Prevention: Marijuana Might Benefit Aging Brains 106 The
Future--Without Alzheimer's Disease 109 PART THREE How to Optimize Your
Aging Brain 111 Chapter 6. The Big Five for Optimal Brain Function 113 The
Cognitive Shop 116 How to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Nimble 119 Chapter 7.
Exercise Your Body: Move Your Body for a Better Brain 123 Th is Brain Was
Made for Walking 126 It's Never Too Late to Start Exercising 127 A Fine
Balance: Yoga, Tai Chi, and Fall Prevention 131 Chapter 8. Challenge Your
Brain 135 Educated Brains Stay Better Longer 137 Why Testing Boosts
Learning 138 Do Brain Fitness Products Work? 139 Computer Training May Keep
You Driving Longer 143 Th e Bottom Line 144 Chapter 9. Nutrition: Fuel for
Thought 147 Glucose Is Not So Sweet to the Brain 151 Forget the Fructose
152 Omega-3, the Essential Oil 154 Your Brain on Berries, Chocolate, and
Wine: The Flavonoid Connection 155 Caffeine: A Perk for Your Brain 162 Is
There a Pill for Th at? Supplements and Vitamins 163 Chapter 10. The Social
Treatment 167 You've Got a Friend, We Hope 169 Talk to Teens, Live Longer
171 Finding and Making Friends in Later Life 173 Chapter 11. Creativity,
Spirit, and Attitude: Enrich Thyself 175 Th e Art of an Active Brain 176
Live Larger to Live Better 178 Th e Power of Meditation for the Aging Brain
178 Smile! It Could Make You Happier 181 Attitudes Matter: Th e Optimism
Factor 182 PART FOUR The Future for Your Brain 185 Chapter 12. Predictions,
Promises, and Possibilities 187 A Fix to Reverse Memory Decline 190 Are You
Saving for Th ose Final Years? 191 RX for Th is Good Life 193 Chapter 13.
Living in the Now 195 Living with an Aging Brain 196 How We (Eventually)
Die 197 Going Out with a Bang: The Brain Surges Just Before Death 199
Living in the Now 200 Sources 203 Illustration Credits 219 Glossary 221
Resources for Aging and Coping 231 About the Author 235 Index 237