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Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: PI.HLG Levi / College 3f - Englisch / Regal 3f-2	Status: Entliehen	Frist: 30.04.2024	Vorbestellungen: 0

"Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age; why we should think about health span, not life span; and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, how you can make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today, no matter how old you are now"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents / / Introduction xi / PART ONE The Continually Developing Brain / 1 (232) / 1 Individual Differences and Personality / 3 (28) / The search for the magic number / / 2 Memory and Your Sense of "You" / 31 (57) / The myth of failing memory / / 2.5 Interlude / 62 (26) / A brief biography of the brain / / 3 Perception / 88 (27) / What our bodies tell us about the world / / 4 Intelligence / 115 (31) / The problem-solving brain / / 5 From Emotions to Motivation / 146 (33) / Snakes, rickety bridges, Mad Men, and stress / / 6 Social Factors / 179 (26) / Life with people / / 7 Pain / 205 (28) / It hurts when I do this / / PART TWO The Choices We Make / 233 (78) / 8 The Internal Clock / 235 (16) / It's two A.M. Why am I hungry? / / 9 Diet / 251 (29) / Brain food, probiotics, and free radicals / / 10 Exercise / 280 (15) / Movement Matters / / 11 Sleep / 295 (16) / Memory consolidation, DNA repair, and sleepy hormones / / PART THREE The New Longevity / 311 (90) / 12 Living Longer / 313 (31) / Telomeres, tardigrades, insulin, and zombie cells / / 13 Living Smarter / 344 (23) / Cognitive enhancement / / 14 Living Better / 367 (34) / The greatest days of our lives / / Appendix: Rejuvenating Your Brain 401 (2) / Notes 403 (72) / Acknowledgments 475 (2) / Art Credits 477 (2) / Index 479 / / /

Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and A Field Guide to Lies. He divides his time between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.