The Ageing Brain (Maps of the Mind)  -  Lawrence J. Whalley

KORTE INHOUD

We joke about growing old. From the viewpoint of youth, old age holds few if any rewards — and at most those of increased dignity and wisdom. But as Lawrence Whalley shows in this fascinating overview of the ageing brain, we now have cause to be optimistic about old age — especially as mental and physical disability is much less common in old people than it was 20 years ago. In surveying the prospects of slowing or even preventing the worst effects of brain ageing, Whalley looks at the development of the br...
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2001 Uitgever: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 196 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0297645870 ISBN-13: 9780297645870