The Surprising Talents of the Middle Aged Mind

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I just listened to a wonderful episode of Fresh Air on NPR News Radio. (If you’re not familiar with the show, host Terry Gross conducts in-depth interviews with all sorts of interesting folks from various walks of life.) The guest was Barbara Strauch, author of a new book entitled The Secret Life of the Grown-Up [...]

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Posted April 15, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Neuroscience, Odds and Ends

A Friend Who Is Still With Me

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While it seems natural today to think of the “golden years” as a time of intense human (and even spiritual) development, not long ago most experts thought of aging as a disease-like state.  Many people have driven a change in public perceptions to create our current view of “positive” aging.  Perhaps few have had more [...]

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Posted November 12, 2009 by Jeff Zimman under Neuroscience, Research studies