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Title

The healthy aging brain : sustaining attachment, attaining wisdom / Louis Cozolino.

Author

Cozolino, Louis J.

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Description

xv, 396 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"What would you do if you could live to 122, like the French woman Madame Calment, who, at the time of her death in 1997, had the oldest confirmed life span. What if you could do so and stave off dementia, or Alzheimer's, or other common ailments of aging? What would happen if we stopped thinking of ourselves as aging and in decline, and instead started thinking of ourselves as chronologically advantaged?" "More effective than age-defying creams and anti-aging pills is a concrete understanding of how our bodies and our brains age, and what we can do to work with this natural process to make life as long and as fulfilling as possible. This is just what The Healthy Aging Brain offers. Here, expert psychologist and veteran therapist Louis Cozolino reveals that groundbreaking brain research proves that our brains continue to grow and change throughout our lives. The notion of neural plasticity - or brain change - throughout the life span is a radical departure from decades of thinking that our brains remain static after early childhood." "By examining the aging brain from the perspective of interpersonal neurobiology - the idea that our brains are closely linked to the brains of others, to our relationships - Cozolino illuminates the deep connection between our neurobiology and our social lives, plumbing the meaning of basic group survival, caretaking, interdependence, and role specialization, all ongoing challenges that allow our brains to survive, thrive, and grow." "As readers will learn from Cozolino's insightful narrative, the story of healthy aging and longevity is a complicated tale. with numerous variables at play - our attachments to others, our emotional maturation, adaptability, accumulated experiences and wisdom, and the power of our greater biology - our brains and hormones - to mold and influence how we think and feel."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

The Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology

Uniform Title

Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology.

Subjects

• Neuropsychology
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Brain > Aging

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-370) and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Building the Social Brain -- 1. The Brain As a Social Organ -- 2. Creating Attachment -- 3. Sustaining the Social Brain: A New Look -- Pt. II. The Social Brain Across the Life Span -- 4. Current Theories of the Aging Brain -- 5. Growth and Adaptation -- 6. Hemispheres and Hormones -- Pt. III. Attachment and Wisdom -- 7. The Emergence of Wisdom -- 8. The Maturation of Emotion -- 9. Challenges to Wisdom -- 10. Stories as Nurturance -- Pt. IV. Body and Soul -- 11. Nurturing Your Body -- 12. Nurturing Your Relationships -- 13. Grandparenting -- 14. Optimal Challenge and Maximum Inclusion -- Appendix 1. 52 Ways to Avoid Hardening of the Categories: A Program of Personal Experiments -- Appendix 2. Suggested Readings.

ISBN

• 9780393705133 (hardcover)
• 0393705137 (hardcover)

LCCN

• 2008008392
• 40016006751

OCLC

• ocn212627196
• 212627196
• SCSB-5441429

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries