The Scientific American healthy aging brain : the neuroscience of making the most of your mature mind

Horstman, Judith. (Author).

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ISBN: 9780470647738 :
Physical Description: print
xiv, 254 p. [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: welcome to the new old age -- Pt. 1. How your brain grows. 1. The well-aged brain: older and happier -- 2. How your brain grows: zero to sixty -- 3. Your brain growing older: what to expect in a healthy aging brain -- Pt. 2. Threats to your brain. 4. What can go wrong -- 5. Alzheimer's disease: the brain killer -- Pt. 3. How to optimize your aging brain. 6. The big five for optimal brain function -- 7. Exercise your body: move your body for a better brain -- 8. challenge your brain -- 9. Nutrition: fuel for thought -- 10. The social treatment -- 11. Creativity, spirit, and attitude: enrich thyself -- Pt. 4. The future for your brain. 12. Predictions, promises, and possibilities -- 13. Living in the now.