Our Ageing Brain: How our mental capacities develop as we grow older

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We all worry occasionally that our brains - particularly our memories - just don't work as well as they used to. In this groundbreaking book, Andre Aleman shows that though the decline in our mental capacities begins earlier than we think, this is not such a bad thing. In fact, older people are more resistant to the effects of stress, cope better with their emotions and with complex situations, and are - generally speaking - happier than their younger counterparts. Our Ageing Brain is a refreshing, informative, and ultimately positive book about what happens to our brains as we grow older. Drawing on the latest research, it tells you what takes place in the brain and why, how to recognise the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and how to distinguish fact from fiction when it comes to ways to slow down the ageing process. It concludes with the seven most important things you can do to keep your brain healthy.

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"I particularly recommend Our Ageing Brain by Andre Aleman...who clearly explains how wrong many of our assumptions have been about the workings of older brains."
--Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer for the NHS and Director of Better Value Healthcare

"A book you can't put down, no matter how old you are."
--Psychologie magazine

"An invaluable description of the ageing brain."
--Dick Swaab, author of We Are Our Brains

"[A] remarkably cheerful book, full of facts revealed by new research, positive anecdotes about astonishing wrinklies, and some very good life-style advice."
--Nick Goldie, Comma-Monaro Express

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