Better with Age is about how our beliefs, behaviors, and expectations influence how well we age. This book presents the paradoxes and pleasures of old age, new research and personal interviews with famous role models of successful aging, and what we can do now to enjoy old age.
Better with Age is about how our beliefs, behaviors, and expectations influence how well we age. This book presents the paradoxes and pleasures of old age, new research and personal interviews with famous role models of successful aging, and what we can do now to enjoy old age.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alan D. Castel is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on how cognition changes with age and how people selectively remember important events. His work the National Institute on Aging. His work has been featured in The New York Times and Time Magazine. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2004, completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, and has been a faculty member in the Department of at UCLA since 2006. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and three children.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents Prologue. How I Got Interested in Successful Aging at a Young Age Introduction. The Benefits of Aging and the Psychology of Successful Aging Chapter 1. What Is Successful Aging? Chapter 2. Happiness: A Funny Thing Happens as We Get Older Chapter 3. Memory: Our Memory Becomes More Selective with Age Chapter 4. Wisdom: The Benefits of Experience and Creativity Chapter 5. Staying Sharp: What Is an Active Lifestyle? Chapter 6. Brain Training: Can Computer Games Make Me Smarter? Chapter 7. Habits and Hobbies: Old and New Friends Chapter 8. Retiring and Rewiring: The New "R and R" of Old Age Chapter 9. It Gets Even Better with Age: Start Successful Aging Now Closing Comments Epilogue. Are You Aging, or Is It Just Me? Notes and References Acknowledgements Index
Table of Contents Prologue. How I Got Interested in Successful Aging at a Young Age Introduction. The Benefits of Aging and the Psychology of Successful Aging Chapter 1. What Is Successful Aging? Chapter 2. Happiness: A Funny Thing Happens as We Get Older Chapter 3. Memory: Our Memory Becomes More Selective with Age Chapter 4. Wisdom: The Benefits of Experience and Creativity Chapter 5. Staying Sharp: What Is an Active Lifestyle? Chapter 6. Brain Training: Can Computer Games Make Me Smarter? Chapter 7. Habits and Hobbies: Old and New Friends Chapter 8. Retiring and Rewiring: The New "R and R" of Old Age Chapter 9. It Gets Even Better with Age: Start Successful Aging Now Closing Comments Epilogue. Are You Aging, or Is It Just Me? Notes and References Acknowledgements Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497