Ebook: Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives

Author of the iconic bestsellersThis Is Your Brain on MusicandThe 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, what you can do to make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today, no matter how old you are.

Successful Aginguses research from developmental neuroscience and individual differences in psychology to show that sixty-plus years is a unique developmental stage that, like infancy or adolescence, has its own demands and distinct advantages. Levitin takes a scientific approach to what we all can learn from those who age joyously, as well as how to adapt our culture to take full advantage of older people's wisdom and experience. Throughout his exploration of what aging really means, Levitin reveals resilience strategies and practical, cognitive enhancing tricks everyone should do as they age.

This book is very much about people with challenges readers will recognize, and is packed with accessible and discussable takeaways, providing great material for reading groups and media coverage.

Successful Agingwill inspire a powerful new approach to how reader's think about our final decades, and it will revolutionize the way we plan for old age as individuals, family members, and citizens within a society where the average life expectancy continues to rise.