Nurturing the older brain and mind /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- Global aging and cognitive functioning
- Cognitive aging : neither universal nor inevitable
- Brain aging and its relation to cognitive aging
- Ameliorating cognitive aging : a neurocognitive framework
- Cognitive challenge in youth
- Physical exercise
- Diet and nutrition
- Estrogen and other cognition-enhancing drugs
- Learning, cognitive training, and cognitive stimulation
- Combined effects of interventions and preventative actions
- Modifying the environment at work and at home
- Nurture via nature : genetics, environment, and cognition
- What can and what should be done to support cognitive vitality in older adults?