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A provocative study on the mental abilities of the aging brain challenges beliefs about the mind's tendency to decline with age, explaining how older people have greater capacities for making intuitive and wisdom-based decisions, and citing recent and historical examples of individuals who achieved their greatest successes in their later years. 20,000 first printing.
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Goldberg (neurology, New York U. School of Medicine) gives the general reader something to think about in his assessment of new research that shows the mind can grow stronger as we age. He describes the mechanism of the brain and its cycles, the power of aging minds in history and across civilizations, how pattern recognition works and how it relates to the older brain, and what to do to keep your brain in shape through your lifetime. The result is the hope than comes from the knowledge that new neurons can be created and new pathways come into place whether we are one year old or a hundred times that and taking senior classes at a local college. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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