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

By: Goldberg, lkhononPublication details: London : Pocket Books, c2005. Description: viii, 337 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9781416522621; 141652262XDDC classification: 612.82 GOL

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CONTENT

1. The life of your brain
2. Seasons of the brain
3. Aging and powerful minds in history
4. Wisdom throughout civilizations
5. Pattern power
6. Adventures on memory lane
7. Memories that do not fade
8. Memories, patterns, and the machinery of wisdom
9. "Up-front" decision-making
10. Novelty, routines, and the two sides of the brain
11. Brain duality in action
12. Magellan on Prozac
13. The dog days of summer
14. Use your brain and get more of it
15. Pattern boosters
16. Epilogue: The price of wisdom.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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