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'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.
About the author
Andre Aleman is professor of cognitive neuropsychology at the University of Groningen. An
internationally respected neuroscientist, he has received international awards and scholarships
for his work. In 2011, he published the highly successful *Figments of Our Imagination: why
we see, hear, and think things that aren’t there* (published in Dutch).Annette Mills was born in the UK. After graduating from King’s College, London University, she lived for several years in North Africa and the Middle East, finally settling in the Netherlands in 1978. She has worked as a translator since 1981, both at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a freelancer.
Summary
An international bestseller delivering good news on brain function and ageing
We all worry sometimes that our brains — particularly our memories — just don’t work as well as they used to. In this illuminating book, internationally acclaimed Dutch neuroscientist André Aleman shows that although 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 will change the way we think about age and mental acuity. Drawn from the latest research in cognitive science, it outlines what takes place in the brain as we age, how to recognise the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, and how to distinguish fact from fiction when it comes to ways of slowing down the ageing process. It concludes with the seven most important things we can each do to keep our brains healthy.
Published here in English for the first time, this is a refreshing, informative, and ultimately reassuring examination of what happens to our most important organ as we grow older.
