Bibliograph

The wisdom paradox, how your mind can grow stronger as your brain grows older, Elkhonon Goldberg

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The wisdom paradox, how your mind can grow stronger as your brain grows older, Elkhonon Goldberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-321) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The wisdom paradox

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

682160964

Responsibility statement

Elkhonon Goldberg

Sub title

how your mind can grow stronger as your brain grows older

Summary

A provocative study on the mental abilities of the aging brain challenges beliefs about the mind's tendency to decline with age, explaining how older people have greater capacities for making intuitive and wisdom-based decisions, and citing recent and historical examples of individuals who achieved their greatest successes in their later years

Table Of Contents

The life of your brain -- Seasons of the brain -- Aging and powerful minds in history -- Wisdom throughout civilizations -- Pattern power -- Adventures on memory lane -- Memories that do not fade -- Memories, patterns, and the machinery of wisdom -- "Up-front" decision-making -- Novelty, routines, and the two sides of the brain -- Brain duality in action -- Magellan on Prozac -- The dog days of summer -- Use your brain and get more of it -- Pattern boosters -- Epilogue: The price of wisdom

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