Breaking the age code : how your beliefs about aging determine how long & well you live /
A leading expert on the psychology of aging discusses how our individual beliefs about aging can have a profound effect on our life expectancy and offers stunning new revelations about the mind-body connection.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Ideas bouncing between the US and Japan
- The pictures in our head
- Anatomy of a senior moment
- Old and fast
- Brawny brains : genes aren't destiny
- Later-life mental health growth
- Longevity advantage of 7.5 years
- Stars invisible by day : creativity and the senses
- Ageism : the evil octopus
- Individual age liberation : how to free your mind
- Societal age liberation : a new social movement
- Afterword: A town free of ageism
- Appendix 1: ABC method to bolster positive age beliefs
- Appendix 2: Ammunition to debunk negative age stereotypes
- Appendix 3: A call to end structural ageism.