Nurturing the older brain and mind [
Although our physical abilities clearly decline as we age, cognitive decline in healthy old age is neither universal nor inevitable. This book shows that scientific research does not support the popular notion of the inexorable and progressive effects of cognitive aging in all older adults. It repor...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press ,
c2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Global aging and cognitive functioning
- 2. Cognitive aging : neither universal nor inevitable
- 3. Brain aging and its relation to cognitive aging
- 4. Ameliorating cognitive aging : a neurocognitive framework-- 5. Cognitive challenge in youth
- 6. Physical exercise
- 7. Diet and nutrition
- 8. Estrogen and other cognition-enhancing drugs
- 9. Learning, cognitive training, and cognitive stimulation
- 10. Combined effects of interventions and preventative actions
- 11. Modifying the environment at work and at home
- 12. Nurture via nature : genetics, environment, and cognition
- 13. What can and what should be done to support cognitive vitality in older adults?