1 - The SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN HEALTHY AGING BRAIN [Seite 6]
1.1 - CONTENTS [Seite 8]
1.2 - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [Seite 14]
1.3 - PREFACE: LIVE LONG, AND LIVE WELL [Seite 16]
1.4 - INTRODUCTION: Welcome to the New Old Age [Seite 20]
1.4.1 - What's Old, Anyway? [Seite 21]
1.4.2 - How Scientists Are Researching Your Brain [Seite 22]
1.5 - PART ONE: How Your Brain Grows [Seite 26]
1.5.1 - CHAPTER ONE: The Well-Aged Brain: Older and Happier [Seite 28]
1.5.1.1 - The Myth of a Sad Old Age [Seite 29]
1.5.1.2 - Actually, It's Getting Better All the Time [Seite 31]
1.5.1.3 - Great Late Achievers [Seite 33]
1.5.1.4 - Are Grandparents Safer Drivers? [Seite 35]
1.5.1.5 - Do You Think I'm Sexy? Apparently, Yes-at Any Age [Seite 35]
1.5.1.6 - A Swell of Centenarians: One Hundred Reasons to Take Care of Your Brain [Seite 39]
1.5.2 - CHAPTER TWO: How Your Brain Grows: Zero to Sixty [Seite 40]
1.5.2.1 - In the Beginning: Your Fetal and Baby Brain [Seite 42]
1.5.2.2 - A Brief Tour of Your Brain [Seite 43]
1.5.2.3 - The Gray and the White: Neurons and Myelin [Seite 45]
1.5.2.4 - Childhood: Building the Brain [Seite 47]
1.5.2.5 - The Teen Brain: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time [Seite 48]
1.5.2.6 - Get Smart Younger, Delay Dementia Older [Seite 51]
1.5.2.7 - The Peak Years: Twenties to Sixties [Seite 52]
1.5.3 - CHAPTER THREE: Your Brain Growing Older: What to Expect in a Healthy Aging Brain [Seite 56]
1.5.3.1 - The Usual Effects of Aging [Seite 58]
1.5.3.2 - Do the Brains of Men and Women Age Differently? [Seite 59]
1.5.3.3 - How Memory Works: The Short Version [Seite 60]
1.5.3.4 - Why White Matter Matters [Seite 64]
1.5.3.5 - The Aging Brain: Is It Less Connected? [Seite 65]
1.5.3.6 - Forgetting May Be Vital to Remembering [Seite 66]
1.5.3.7 - Five Things Most People Get Wrong About Memory [Seite 67]
1.5.3.8 - The Good News: Slower Is Sometimes Better [Seite 70]
1.5.3.9 - More Easily Distracted: Why Multitasking Is a Task [Seite 74]
1.6 - PART TWO: Threats to Your Brain [Seite 78]
1.6.1 - CHAPTER FOUR: What Can Go Wrong [Seite 80]
1.6.1.1 - When Your Brain Needs Help: How Can You Tell? [Seite 83]
1.6.1.2 - The Darkness of Dementia [Seite 86]
1.6.1.3 - Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Subtle Loss [Seite 88]
1.6.1.4 - Stroke: The Brain Attack [Seite 89]
1.6.1.5 - A Healing Stroke [Seite 91]
1.6.1.6 - Parkinson's Disease [Seite 93]
1.6.1.7 - Your Brain on Diabetes: Not So Sweet [Seite 94]
1.6.1.8 - Traumatic Brain Injury: A Blow to Your Thinking Brain [Seite 96]
1.6.1.9 - Depression: An Abnormal State [Seite 97]
1.6.1.10 - The Legacy of Cancer: "Chemo Brain" [Seite 100]
1.6.1.11 - Too Much of a Good Thing: When Medications Mess Up Your Mind [Seite 101]
1.6.1.12 - What-Me Worry? [Seite 104]
1.6.2 - CHAPTER FIVE: Alzheimer's Disease: The Brain Killer [Seite 106]
1.6.2.1 - What Is Alzheimer's Disease? [Seite 107]
1.6.2.2 - Chasing the Cause [Seite 110]
1.6.2.3 - Anxiety and Alzheimer's Disease: Another Reason to Chill [Seite 113]
1.6.2.4 - Maybe It's Bad Neural Housekeeping? [Seite 116]
1.6.2.5 - The Search for a Cure-or Even a Treatment That Works [Seite 119]
1.6.2.6 - Looking Beyond the Brain [Seite 123]
1.6.2.7 - An Ounce of Prevention: Marijuana Might Benefit Aging Brains [Seite 125]
1.6.2.8 - The Future-Without Alzheimer's Disease [Seite 128]
1.7 - PART THREE: How to Optimize Your Aging Brain [Seite 130]
1.7.1 - CHAPTER SIX: The Big Five for Optimal Brain Function [Seite 132]
1.7.1.1 - The Cognitive Shop [Seite 135]
1.7.1.2 - How to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Nimble [Seite 138]
1.7.2 - CHAPTER SEVEN: Exercise Your Body: Move Your Body for a Better Brain [Seite 142]
1.7.2.1 - This Brain Was Made for Walking [Seite 145]
1.7.2.2 - It's Never Too Late to Start Exercising [Seite 146]
1.7.2.3 - A Fine Balance: Yoga, Tai Chi, and Fall Prevention [Seite 150]
1.7.3 - CHAPTER EIGHT: Challenge Your Brain [Seite 154]
1.7.3.1 - Educated Brains Stay Better Longer [Seite 156]
1.7.3.2 - Why Testing Boosts Learning [Seite 157]
1.7.3.3 - Do Brain Fitness Products Work? [Seite 158]
1.7.3.4 - Computer Training May Keep You Driving Longer [Seite 162]
1.7.3.5 - The Bottom Line [Seite 163]
1.7.4 - CHAPTER NINE: Nutrition: Fuel for Thought [Seite 166]
1.7.4.1 - Glucose Is Not So Sweet to the Brain [Seite 170]
1.7.4.2 - Forget the Fructose [Seite 171]
1.7.4.3 - Omega-3, the Essential Oil [Seite 173]
1.7.4.4 - Your Brain on Berries, Chocolate, and Wine: The Flavonoid Connection [Seite 174]
1.7.4.5 - Caffeine: A Perk for Your Brain [Seite 181]
1.7.4.6 - Is There a Pill for That? Supplements and Vitamins [Seite 182]
1.7.5 - CHAPTER TEN: The Social Treatment [Seite 186]
1.7.5.1 - You've Got a Friend, We Hope [Seite 188]
1.7.5.1.1 - Talk to Teens, Live Longer [Seite 190]
1.7.5.2 - Finding and Making Friends in Later Life [Seite 192]
1.7.6 - CHAPTER ELEVEN: Creativity, Spirit, and Attitude: Enrich Thyself [Seite 194]
1.7.6.1 - The Art of an Active Brain [Seite 195]
1.7.6.2 - Live Larger to Live Better [Seite 197]
1.7.6.3 - The Power of Meditation for the Aging Brain [Seite 197]
1.7.6.4 - Smile! It Could Make You Happier [Seite 200]
1.7.6.5 - Attitudes Matter: The Optimism Factor [Seite 201]
1.8 - PART FOUR: The Future for Your Brain [Seite 204]
1.8.1 - CHAPTER TWELVE: Predictions, Promises, and Possibilities [Seite 206]
1.8.1.1 - A Fix to Reverse Memory Decline [Seite 209]
1.8.1.2 - Are You Saving for Those Final Years? [Seite 210]
1.8.1.3 - RX for This Good Life [Seite 212]
1.8.2 - CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Living in the Now [Seite 214]
1.8.2.1 - Living with an Aging Brain [Seite 215]
1.8.2.2 - How We (Eventually) Die [Seite 216]
1.8.2.3 - Going Out with a Bang: The Brain Surges Just Before Death [Seite 218]
1.8.2.4 - Living in the Now [Seite 219]
1.9 - SOURCES [Seite 222]
1.10 - I LLUSTRATION CREDITS [Seite 238]
1.11 - GLOSSARY [Seite 240]
1.12 - RESOURCES FOR AGING AND COPING [Seite 250]
1.13 - ABOUT THE AUTHOR [Seite 254]
1.14 - INDEX [Seite 256]
