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Brain Rules for Aging Well
- 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
- Narrated by: John Medina
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
How come I can never find my keys? Why don't I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know. Brain Rules for Aging Well, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts - and the prescription to age well - in his signature engaging style.
With so many discoveries over the years, science is literally changing our minds about the optimal care and feeding of the brain. All of it is captivating. A great deal of it is unexpected.
In his New York Times best seller Brain Rules, Medina showed us how our brains really work - and why we ought to redesign our workplaces and schools to match. In Brain Rules for Baby, he gave parents the brain science they needed to know to raise happy, smart, moral kids. Now, in Brain Rules for Aging Well, Medina shares how you can make the most of the years you have left. In a book destined to be a classic on aging, Medina's fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into the science.
Brain Rules for Aging Well is organized into four sections, each laying out familiar problems with surprising solutions. First up, the social brain, in which topics ranging from relationships to happiness and gullibility illustrate how our emotions change with age. The second section focuses on the thinking brain, explaining how working memory and executive function change with time. The third section is all about your body: how certain kinds of exercise, diets, and sleep can slow the decline of aging. Each section is sprinkled with practical advice - for example, the fascinating benefits of dancing - and the brain science behind each intervention.
The final section is about the future. Your future. Medina connects all of the chapters into a plan for maintaining your brain health.
You may already be experiencing the sometimes unpleasant effects of the aging process. Or you may be deeply concerned about your loved ones who are. Either way, Brain Rules for Aging Well is for you.
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- symya08
- 04-29-18
Scientific and practical
I read several books by John Madinna. This book is as other books, realistic, proved with scientific evidence and full of life situations. I am specialized in cognitive neuroscience and I can borrow the books method of simplifying aspects to teach my students. It is full of information that could have been heavy and jargons if explained with different words. However, the author made our life easy with his explanations and real stories. I always write notes from his books and refer to them. After an hour of exercising in the gym, I can go home and recall what I have heard and scratch this information for future recall. I am amazing how clear and organized this book is. I can vividly recall what I have heard. I have already recommended this book for many of my friends and members of family.
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- Sabrina
- 10-19-19
Excellent, Entertaining, and Educational.
This book is jam packed with useful information and easy to digest with John Medina's usual fun and leisurely candor. I'm 25 and glad I'm reading it now but it's a good read for anyone of any age who wants to make sure they are one of those admirable people who seem "with it" until they die. It makes me marvel at my great grandmother who was competent and dementia free until her death at 92. This book is the instruction manual to one day leave this world with the grace that she did.
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- Pennie Arthachinta
- 03-24-18
My favorite
John Medina is my favorite. His story and voice are both clear and entertaining. We're in aging society so it's important to stay in good shape both in body and brain.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-07-19
Excellent source of information/application
This was an excellent source of information on the neurophysiology of Aging. It offered practical ways to apply the information. all was done in and entertaining fashion and terrific delivery.
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- PILAR R.
- 11-24-18
Love it
The author shows in familiar words, facts proven by science, to understand real facts of the mind, I have really enjoyed all his books!
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-25-18
Useful
Provides great information to promote retaining and sometimes improving optimal brain and general good health.
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- RI#4ev
- 04-16-18
very insightful
I will definitely relisten! It makes sense in a lot of ways - good researched.... good structured
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- Judy
- 06-01-21
Moderately Interesting, Annoyingly Narrated
Author Medina offers common sense suggestions to prolong meaningful life. There is absolutely nothing here that you do not already know: study a foreign language, maintain active ties with family and friends, eat well, exercise.
Once again, an author makes the mistaken assumption that he can narrate his own book. Medina's rollicking, jolly ho-ho narrative style is mildly irritating and is definitely distracting. Surprisingly, considering his level of education, he mispronounces words that should be a part of his working vocabulary, e.g. contemplative, (not contemplate'-ive) gibberish, (not "g" as in guess) and perhaps most surprisingly, given his expertise in the field, telomeres, which he renders "tea low mer AZE" giving it a slightly Spanish pronunciation.
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- Authur Biscuit
- 04-01-19
You can't afford not to listen to this
I have Listened to Johns earlier brain rules book some time back and found both the material fascinating and his delivery compulsive. Brain science issues have the potential to be dry and could be heavy, but John has a wonderfully upbeat listenable delivery combined with deep expertise in the topic, and left me amazed at some of the issues discussed. I have listened to it 3 times and never got bored.
With this in mind I purchased Brain rules for ageing well without hesitation.
Once again a really interesting subject clearly compiled from a position of brain science expertise, covering a whole range of matters that impact how our brains age and the effects on us. The science is fascinating, and we are fortunate to be living in an age when technology and history allow a growing understanding of what goes on between our ears.
Most importantly the book is practical. It is divided into 10 core "rules" that explain, discuss and offer suggestions on how we can try to age well, stay sharp and at least slow the effects that are unfortunately on the path ahead one way or another for us all.
There is in this matter a surprising amount of good (but realistic) news. The book is overall upbeat and even for areas where the news is not so good, John delivers with a bounce in his step. The subject matter is just as (and maybe more) important for those in the Spring of their lives as those in the their Autumn or Winter.
I have not yet read the book in paper form, but I would strongly encourage you to in preference listen to the audio version. As yet paper cannot deliver the energy, wit and upbeat perspective of John Medina!
Very Highly Recommended !
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- Matt B
- 07-15-19
Want to live longer and be happier?
Simple rules for aging well. I've implemented some of the advice on my own life and already feel the benefits. Excellent narration (although maybe not checked properly as one part should have been cut - you'll know which bit if you listen to it in its entirety). Recommended read.
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- Ms Elizabeth C Noske
- 02-12-18
Entertaining, informative and thought provoking
Another fabulous book from one of my favourite authors. Thoroughly researched, brilliantly written and delivered with humour, panache and passion. Loved it - love all his books!