Understanding Brain Aging and Dementia - A Life Course Approach

Informationen zum Autor Lawrence J. Whalley is emeritus professor of mental health in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences at the University of Aberdeen and honorary professor of research at the University of the Highlands and Islands. He is the author of three books on brain aging and dementia, including The Aging Brain and Dementia . Klappentext Arguing the life course approach is the best and simplest model for tracking mental development, Lawrence J. Whalley unlocks the mysteries of brain functionality Zusammenfassung A major new synthesis of the science behind dementia! identifying the genetic factors that contribute to the pace of aging and showing how behaviors starting in childhood can influence how we age. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables List of Illustrations Prologue Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Life Course Approach 3. The Well-Connected Brain 4. Aging, Evolution, and the Brain 5. The Aging Brain 6. The Biology of the Dementias 7. The Disconnected Mind 8. Emotional Aging 9. Dementia Syndromes 10. Dementia Risk Reduction, 1: Concepts, Reserve, and Early Life Opportunities 11. Dementia Risk Reduction, 2: Midlife Opportunities to Delay Dementia Onset 12. Dementia Risk Reduction, 3: Multidomain Approaches Epilogue Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Whalley, Lawrence J. Whalley, Whalley Lawrence J.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2015
• EAN: 9780231163835
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16383-5
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychology, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Psychology of ageing, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Alzheimer’s and dementia